| query | To d____ something means to cause it to become dirty.To dirty something means to cause it to become dirty. He was afraid the dog's hairs might dirty the seats. A little girl dirties her clothing by climbing a tree. |
|---|---|
| word | dirty |
| full-definition | adjective If something is dirty, it is marked or covered with stains, spots, or mud, and needs to be cleaned . She still did not like the woman who had dirty fingernails. The dress had been brightly coloured, but it was stained and dirty now. If you describe an action as dirty, you disapprove of it and consider it unfair, immoral, or dishonest. The gunman had been hired by a rival Mafia family to do the dirty deed. Jim Browne is the kind of fellow who can fight dirty. If you describe something such as a joke, a book, or someone's language as dirty, you mean that it refers to sex in a way that some people find offensive . They told dirty jokes and sang raucous ballads. I'm often asked whether the men talk dirty to me. The answer is no. Dirty is used before words of criticism to emphasize that you do not approve of someone or something. You dirty liar. verb To dirty something means to cause it to become dirty. He was afraid the dog's hairs might dirty the seats. A little girl dirties her clothing by climbing a tree. |
| inflections | dirtierdirtiestdirtiesdirtyingdirtied |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Dirty describe joke book someone's language refers sex
Previous card: Disadvantage factor makes acceptable successful people things main
Up to card list: Oxford 5000 Word List ft. Collins (English)