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.
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Examples
- Fernando hawked and spat proudly onto the floor of the cave, then rubbed it in the dirt with his foot. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This cannot be removed by water alone, but if soap is used and a generous lather is applied to the skin, the dirt is cut and passes from the body into the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Using this cover, they were linking the individual mounds up with stones and dirt. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I love those pretty feet so dearly, that I feel as if I could not bear the dirt to soil the sole of your shoe. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Joaqu韓, who was eighteen years old, had a steel helmet that he dug with and he passed dirt in it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Treating Perker's offer of eighteen bob a week, and a rise if he behaved himself, like dirt,' replied Lowten. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Edison has strong convictions on the liberal use of lubricants, but argued that in the ordinary oiling of machinery there is great waste, while much dirt is conveyed into the bearings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I see plenty of dry sand, answered Sir Percival, and a spot of dirt in the middle of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- How can you be so silly, cried her mother, as to think of such a thing, in all this dirt! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- His gorgeousness was not unmixed with dirt; and both in complexion and consistency he had suffered from the closeness of his pantry. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His family is nothing but bills, dirt, waste, noise, tumbles downstairs, confusion, and wretchedness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Its immense dome is said to be more wonderful than St. Peter's, but its dirt is much more wonderful than its dome, though they never mention it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Here, its power was only a glare: a stifling, sickly glare, serving but to bring forward stains and dirt that might otherwise have slept. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In her soul she's a devilish unbeliever, common as dirt. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Sean