Definitions

1. verb

to dry or desiccate the skin or the surface of something, or to make something dry and cracked.

“The dry wind began to adust the earth.”

2. verb

to make something dull or less vivid.

“The passage of time began to adust the memory of the event.”

3. adjective

dry and cracked.

“The adust ground made it difficult to walk.”

4. noun

a dry and cracked surface.

“The adust earth cracked beneath her feet.”