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Word dirt
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / dɜːt / NAmE / dɜːrt /
Example
  • his clothes were covered in dirt.
  • first remove any grease or dirt from the surface.
  • the problem with white is that it soon shows the dirt.
  • he picked up a handful of dirt and threw it at them.
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dirt

(noun)BrE / dɜːt / NAmE / dɜːrt /
  1. any substance that makes something dirty, for example dust, soil or mud
    • His clothes were covered in dirt.
    • First remove any grease or dirt from the surface.
    • The problem with white is that it soon shows the dirt.
  2. loose earth or soil
    • He picked up a handful of dirt and threw it at them.
    • Pack the dirt firmly round the plants.
    • They lived in a shack with a dirt floor.
    • Plant the seedlings in damp soil.
    • The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
    • A cloud of dust rose as the truck set off.
    • The tiles are made of clay.
    • an area of rich, fertile land
    • She put some earth into the pot.
    • Pack the dirt firmly around the plants.
    • The car got stuck in the muddy ground.
    • They drove across miles of rough, stony ground.
  3. unpleasant or harmful information about somebody that could be used to damage their reputation, career, etc.
    • Do you have any dirt on the new guy?
    • = excrement
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/excrement
    • dog dirt
  4. to tell people unkind or unpleasant things about somebody, especially about their private life
    • She loves to dish the dirt on her sisters.
  5. to be made to feel small, stupid, etc.
    • The actor said she'd rather eat dirt than have to talk about this.
  6. to treat somebody with no respect at all
    • They treat their workers like dirt.

    Extra Examples

    • Clean your face with soap to remove accumulated dirt and oil.
    • Dirt had accumulated in the corners of the windows.
    • He could dig up so much dirt on her.
    • He grew up on a dirt farm in upstate New York.
    • He had streaks of dirt all over his face.
    • He landed hard on the packed dirt.
    • He picked himself up off the cold dirt.
    • He rubbed the dirt from his face.
    • He swept the dirt out onto the porch.
    • Her fingernails raked the soft dirt beneath her.
    • His shoes were covered in dirt.
    • I tried to rub off a dirt stain on my sleeve.
    • Massage your scalp to loosen any dirt.
    • Rose picked the ball up off the infield dirt.
    • She brushed the loose dirt off her coat.
    • She filled the hole with loose dirt.
    • She just loves to dish the dirt.
    • Sunlight steamed through the dirt particles in the air.
    • The blow knocked him against the dirt wall.
    • The front lawn has patches of bare dirt.
    • The men started to shovel dirt into the open grave.
    • The white rug really shows the dirt.
    • They threw dirt into my face.
    • They throw sticks and dirt clods up into the air.
    • This material does not attract much dirt.
    • We need to get some dirt on her.
    • a couple of inches of fill dirt
    • a floor of dry dirt
    • children playing in the dirt
    • the Palermo dirt course
    • the dirt yard in front of the barn
    • the mounds of fresh dirt over all the graves
    • First remove any dirt from the surface.
    • He picked up a handful of dry dirt.
    • He’d been trying to dig up some dirt on his political rival.
    • Pack the dirt firmly around the plants.
    • We drove along a bumpy dirt road.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old Norse drit ‘excrement’, an early sense in English.
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