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dirt

 
 
pronunciation:
duhrt
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: loose earth or soil.
Plant the seeds in the dirt.
 
synonyms:
earth, ground, soil
similar words:
clay, loam
definition 2: any unclean substance such as mud, bits of dirt, dust, or excrement.
She swept up the dirt on the floor and then mopped it.Take off your shoes and stop bringing dirt into the house.How did you get that dirt all over your clothes?He'd somehow stepped in dog dirt and was trying to remove it from his shoes.
synonyms:
filth, muck
similar words:
crud, excrement, foulness, gook, grime, mud, ooze, slime, slop, sludge
definition 3: obscene language.
In their opinion, these films contained nothing but dirt.
synonyms:
obscenity, profanity, smut
similar words:
bawdy, filth, foulness, indecency, vulgarity
definition 4: rumors or gossip about other people.
She was such a busybody, always scraping up dirt about her neighbors.
synonyms:
gossip, rumors
similar words:
muck, mud, rap, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk
definition 5: a condition of disorderliness or uncleanliness.
Excuse the dirt, but I haven't had time to clean the house this week.
synonyms:
filth, mess
similar words:
grime, squalor, untidiness
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