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dirt
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- pronunciation:
- duhrt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
loose earth or soil.
Plant the seeds in the dirt.
- synonyms:
- earth, ground, soil
- similar words:
- clay, loam
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| 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
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| definition 3: |
obscene language.
In their opinion, these films contained nothing but dirt.- synonyms:
- obscenity, profanity, smut
- similar words:
- bawdy, filth, foulness, indecency, vulgarity
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| 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
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| 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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