Dirt

[dɜːt] or [dɝt]

Definition

(noun.) the state of being covered with unclean things.

(adj.) (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel .

Edited by Erna--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.

(n.) Meanness; sordidness.

(n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.

(v. t.) To make foul of filthy; to dirty.

Checker: Truman

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Filth, foul matter.

Checker: Sinclair

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Foulness, dung, filth, uncleanness, meanness, sordidness

ANT:Cleanness, purity, ablution, integrity

Checker: Roy

Definition

n. any filthy substance such as dung mud &c.: loose earth.—v.t. to make dirty.—n. Dirt′-bed a quarryman's term for several layers in the Purbeck group.—adj. Dirt′-cheap cheap as dirt very cheap.—n. Dirt′-eating a practice of using some kinds of clay for food as among the Ottomacs of South America: a morbid impulse to eat dirt amongst negroes (Cachexia Africana) and pregnant women.—adv. Dirt′ily.—ns. Dirt′iness; Dirt′-pie clay moulded by children's hands in the form of a pie.—adjs. Dirt′-rotten (Shak.) wholly decayed; Dirt′y foul filthy: unclean in thought or conversation: despicable: mean.—v.t. to soil with dirt: to sully:—pr.p. dirt′ying; pa.p. dirt′ied.—Eat dirt submissively to acquiesce in a humiliation; Throw dirt at to abuse scurrilously or slanderously.

Checker: Stan

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of seeing freshly stirred dirt around flowers or trees, denotes thrift and healthful conditions abound for the dreamer. To see your clothes soiled with unclean dirt, you will be forced to save yourself from contagious diseases by leaving your home or submitting to the strictures of the law. To dream that some one throws dirt upon you, denotes that enemies will try to injure your character.

Checked by Lilith

Examples

Typist: Sean

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