Definition of dirt Dirt
/dɚˈt/ - [dert] - dirt
We found 16 definitions of dirt from 6 different sources.
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NounPlural: dirt |
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| dirt - the state of being covered with unclean things | ||
| filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge | ||
| uncleanness, dirtiness the state of containing dirty impurities | ||
| dirt - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | ||
| soil | ||
| earth, ground the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth" | ||
| marl a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime | ||
| regosol a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand | ||
| residual clay, residual soil the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved | ||
| surface soil, topsoil the layer of soil on the surface | ||
| subsoil, undersoil the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock | ||
| alluvial soil a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds | ||
| bog soil poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation | ||
| clay United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) | ||
| clunch hardened clay | ||
| desert soil, desertic soil a type of soil that develops in arid climates | ||
| hardpan, caliche nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru | ||
| fuller's earth an absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent | ||
| gilgai soil soil in the melon holes of Australia | ||
| gumbo soil, gumbo a soup or stew thickened with okra pods | ||
| humus partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil | ||
| indurated clay hardened clay | ||
| indian red a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians | ||
| laterite a red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides | ||
| loam a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials | ||
| loess a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind | ||
| mold, mould container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | ||
| mud, clay slanderous remarks or charges | ||
| bole a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa | ||
| podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer | ||
| prairie soil a type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates | ||
| sand French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876) | ||
| sedimentary clay clay soil formed by sedimentary deposits | ||
| silt mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake | ||
| boulder clay, till unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together | ||
| tundra soil a black mucky soil with a frozen subsoil that is characteristic of Arctic and subarctic regions | ||
| dirt - obscene terms for feces | ||
| crap, shit, shite, poop, turd | ||
| faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, bm, dejection, stool solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | ||
| dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, filth, smut a word that is considered to be unmentionable; "`failure' is a dirty word to him" | ||
| dirt - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people | ||
| scandal, malicious gossip | ||
| scuttlebutt, comment, gossip a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal" | ||
Adjectivedirt, dirter, dirtest |
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| dirt - (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel | ||
| ungraded | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dirt (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. - dirt (n.)
Meanness; sordidness. - dirt (n.)
In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. - dirt (v. t.)
To make foul of filthy; to dirty.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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dirt
Any unclean substance, such as mud, dust, dung etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dirt
dėrt, 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. [M. E. drit—Scand., Ice. drit, excrement.]
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🔤- dirt, noun, singular of dirts.
- dirt, adjective.
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