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dirt (dûrt)

1. Earth or soil.

a. A filthy or soiling substance, such as mud or dust.

b. Excrement.

3. A squalid or filthy condition.

4. One that is mean, contemptible, or vile.

a. Obscene language or subject matter.

b. Malicious or scandalous gossip.

c. Information that embarrasses or accuses.

6. Unethical behavior or practice; corruption.

7. Material, such as gravel or slag, from which metal is extracted in mining.

[Middle English, variant of drit, excrement, filth, mud, from Old Norse.]

dirt [dɜːt]

1. any unclean substance, such as mud, dust, excrement, etc.; filth

2. loose earth; soil

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering)

a. packed earth, gravel, cinders, etc., used to make a racetrack

b. (as modifier) a dirt track

4. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining the gravel or soil from which minerals are extracted

5. a person or thing regarded as worthless

6. obscene or indecent speech or writing

7. Slang gossip; scandalous information

8. moral corruption

do (someone) dirt Slang to do something vicious to (someone)

dish the dirt Informal to spread malicious gossip

eat dirt Slang to accept insult without complaining

treat someone like dirt to have no respect or consideration for someone

[from Old Norse drit excrement; related to Middle Dutch drēte]

Dirt

See also cleanliness; soil

aischrolatreia

a devotion to or worship of filth and obscenity.

automysophobia

Rare. an abnormal fear of being dirty.

feculence, feculency

1. the condition of being befouled or besmirched.
2. the material causing this condition. — feculent, adj.

fuliginosity

1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky.
2. soot or smoke. — fuliginous, adj.

maculacy

the state or quality of being blemished, stained, or spotted, as with dirt. Also maculation. — maculate, adj.

misophobia, musophobia, mysophobia

an abnormal fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt.

mysophilia

an abnormal attraction to filth.

rhypophobia

an abnormal fear of filth.

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Noun	1.	dirt - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock soil 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 - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired clunch - hardened clay desert soil, desertic soil - a type of soil that develops in arid climates earth, ground - the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church" caliche, hardpan - crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions 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, gumbo soil - any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water humus - partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil indurated clay - hardened clay Indian red - a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment 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 mould, mold - loose soil rich in organic matter mud, clay - water soaked soil; soft wet earth bole - a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) 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 - a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral 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 wiesenboden - a dark meadow soil rich in organic material; developed through poor drainage in humid grassy or sedge regions
	2.	dirt - the state of being covered with unclean things grime, grunge, soil, filth, grease, stain dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
	3.	dirt - obscene terms for feces crap, poop, shit, shite, turd dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
	4.	dirt - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people malicious gossip, scandal scuttlebutt, gossip, comment - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
Adj.	1.	dirt - (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel ungraded unimproved - not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing; "taxes on unimproved land are low"; "unimproved dirt roads"

dirt

noun

1. filth, muck, grime, dust, mud, stain, crap (taboo slang), tarnish, smudge, mire, impurity, slob (Irish), crud (slang), kak (S. African taboo slang), grot (slang) I started to scrub off the dirt.

2. soil, ground, earth, clay, turf, clod, loam, loam They all sit on the dirt in the shade of a tree.

3. (Informal) scandal, rumours, gossip, slander, tattle, dirty linen (informal), aspersion Both parties use computers to dig up dirt on their opponents.

Proverbs
"We must eat a peck of dirt before we die"

Translations

dirt [dɜːt]

A. N

1. (= unclean matter) → suciedad f; (= piece of dirt) → suciedad f, mugre f
to treat sb like dirt → tratar a algn como si fuese basura, tratar a patadas a algn
to dig up dirt on sb → sacar los trapos sucios de algn

2. (= earth) → tierra f; (= mud) → barro m, lodo m

3. (= obscenity) → porquerías fpl, cochinadas fpl
this book is nothing but dirt → este libro está lleno de porquerías or cochinadas

B. CPD dirt farmer N (US) → pequeño granjero m (sin obreros)
dirt road N (US) → camino m de tierra
dirt track N (Sport) → pista f de ceniza; (= road) → camino m de tierra

dirt [ˈdɜː^rt] n

(= muck) (on skin, clothes, object) → saleté f
to show the dirt → être salissant(e)
to treat sb like dirt → traiter qn comme un chien
to dish the dirt on sb (mainly British) → colporter des ragots > sur qn

(= soil) → terre f

(= mud) → boue f
dirt bike n → moto f tout-terrain
dirt-cheap dirt cheap [ˌdɜː^rtˈtʃiːp]

adj → très bon marché inv, donné(e) >

adv [buy] → pour trois fois rien, pour rien
dirt-poor dirt poor [ˌdɜː^rtˈpʊə^r] adj → miséreux/euse
dirt road dirt track n → chemin m de terre

dirt

→ Schmutz m; (= soil) → Erde f; (= excrement) → Dreck m; to be covered in dirt → völlig verschmutzt sein; to eat dirt (fig) → sich widerspruchslos demütigen or beleidigen lassen; to treat somebody like dirt → jdn wie (den letzten) Dreck behandeln (inf); he looked at me as though I was a piece of dirt → er sah mich an, als wäre ich ein Stück Dreck (inf)

(fig: = obscenity) → Schmutz m; to dig up or dig (the) dirt on somebody (inf) → jdn in den Schmutz ziehen; he wanted to get all the dirt he could on his opponent → er wollte seinen Gegner so schlecht wie möglich machen

dirt:

dirt-cheap

adj, adv (inf) → spottbillig (inf); it was going dirt → es war spottbillig zu haben

dirt farmer

n (US) → Kleinbauer m, → Kleinbäuerin f

dirt:

dirt road

n → unbefestigte Straße

dirt track

n → Feldweg m; (Sport) → Aschenbahn f

dirt-track racing

n → Aschenbahnrennen nt

dirt [dɜːt] n (on face, clothes etc) → sporco, sporcizia; (earth) → terra; (mud) → fango
dog dirt → bisogni mpl di un cane
to treat sb like dirt (fam) → trattare qn come uno straccio
to dig up dirt about sb (fam) → pescare nel torbido a proposito di qc
to spread the dirt about sb (fam) → sparlare di qn
have you heard the latest dirt on ...? (fam) → hai sentito l'ultimo scandalo riguardo a...?

dirt

n dirt [dəːt]

any unclean substance, such as mud, dust, dung etc His shoes are covered in dirt. vuilgoed وَسَخ، قَذارَه мърсотия špína mudder; støv; møg; jord der Schmutz βρομιά, χώμα suciedad mustus چرک؛ کثافت lika saleté לִכלוּך मैल prljavština piszok kotoran óhreinindi, skítur sporcizia よごれ 더러움, 오물 purvas, nešvarumai netīrumi; dubļi kotor vuil skitt, søle brud sujidade murdărie грязь špina umazanija prljavština smuts ดิน; สิ่งสกปรก pislik, kir, çamur 污物 бруд, багно گندگی ، آلودگی đồ dơ bẩn 污物

adj dirty

1 not clean dirty clothes. vuil قَذِر мръсен špinavý beskidt schmutzig βρόμικος sucio määrdunud کثیف likainen sale מְלוּכלָך गन्दा, गन्दे कपड़े prljav piszkos kotor skítugur sporco よごれた 더러운 nešvarus netīrs kotor vuil skitten, lurvet brudny sujo murdar грязный špinavý umazan prljav smutsig สกปรก pis, kirli 髒的 брудний میلا bẩn 脏的

2 mean or unfair a dirty trick. vuil, gemene سافِل، حَقير мръсен špinavý, sprostý beskidt schmutzig βρόμικος (μτφ.), ανέντιμος sucio alatu پست و کثیف epäreilu sale מְלַכלֵך कीचड़, धूल lopovluk hitvány curang óheiðarlegur; lágkúrulegur sporco 不正な 비열한 nešvarus, niekšingas zemisks; nekrietns tidak adil gemeen lumpen, sjofel, simpel, gemen niegodziwy sujo necinstit подлый špinavý umazan, nizkoten prljav smutsig, ful, lumpen ชั่วช้า; ไม่บริสุทธิ์; ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ aşağılık, iğrenç 卑鄙的 гидкий; нечесний ذلیل xấu xa 卑鄙的

3 offensive; obscene dirty books. aanstootlike, smerige بَذيء، فاحِش мръсен oplzlý, pornografický smudsig; uanstændig unflätig αισχρός, προσβλητικός porno, indecente ropp زننده؛ وقیح rietas pornographique גָס, מְלוּכלָך अश्लील साहित्य, अश्लील किताबें uvredljiv erkölcstelen jorok sóðalegur, dónalegur osceno みだらな 음란한 nepadorus neķītrs kotor vies uanstendig sprośny obsceno pornografic непристойный pornografický opolzek sramotan snuskig ลามก müstehcen, açık saçık, ayıp 下流的 непристойний فحش thô bỉ 下流的

4 (of weather) stormy. liederlike عاصِف облачен bouřlivý stormfuld stürmisch παλιόκαιρος malo kuri بد؛ نامساعد myrskyinen mauvais סוֹעֵר तूफानी olujno pocsék (idő) buruk slæmur orribile 荒れ模様の (날씨가) 굿은 bjaurus (par laiku) slikts; vētrains petir ruig stormfull parszywy tempestuoso furtunos ненастный psí slab rđav ruskig, hård มีมรสุม fırtınalı, fena, kötü 暴風雨的 непогожий; бурхливий طوفان خیز (thời tiết) xấu 暴风雨的

to make or become dirty He dirtied his hands/shoes. besmeer يُوَسِّخ измърсявам ušpinit (si) gøre snavset; blive snavset beschmutzen βρομίζω ensuciar; ensuciarse ära määrima, määrduma کثیف کردن liata (se) salir לְלַכלֵך गंदा कर लेना uprljati, zaprljati bepiszkít mengotorkan óhreinka sporcare, sporcarsi よごす 더럽히다 su(si)purvinti, su(si)tepti notraipīt; kļūt netīram menjadi kotor bevuilen skitne til, bli skitten brudzić sujar a (se) murdări пачкать(ся) zamazať sa umazati (se) uprljati smutsa ner, bli smutsig ทำให้สกปรก kirletmek, pisletmek 弄髒 бруднити, забруднювати گندا کرنا یا ہونا làm bẩn 弄脏

n dirtiness

vuilheid وَسَخ، قَذارَه мръсотия špinavost; sprostota, oplzlost snavs die Schmutzigkeit βρομιά suciedad räpasus کثافت؛ ناپاکی likaisuus saleté לִכלוּך गंदगी prljavost, uprljanost piszok kekotoran óhreinleiki, óþrifnaður sporcizia 不潔 더러움, 부정함, 불쾌함, 날씨가 험함 nešvara, nepadorumas, niekšiškumas netīrība; zemiskums; nekrietnība kekotoran vuilheid ureinhet, uanstendighet, sjofelhet; skitt brud, sprośność, podłość sujidade murdărie грязь; подлость špinavosť umazanija prljavost smuts ความสกปรก kirlilik, pislik 髒 бруд; неохайність گندگی tình trạng bẩn thỉu 脏

adj / adv dirt-ˈcheap

very cheap. spotgoedkoop رَخيص جِدا много евтин za babku, velmi levný dødbillig spottbillig πάμφθηνος baratísimo imeodav بسیار ارزان hyvin halpa très bon marché, pour rien זוֹל מְאוֹד बेहद सस्ता jako jeftin potom olcsó sangat murah hræódÿr a buon mercato ばか安い 매우 싼(게) pigiau grybų ļoti lēts sangat murah spotgoedkoop latterlig billig tani jak barszcz baratíssimo aproape gratis, ieftin ca braga дешевле пареной репы za babku zelo poceni badava jättebillig[] ถูกมาก sudan/çok ucuz 便宜透了的(地) дешевше від дірки з бублика بہت سستا rẻ như bèo 便宜透了的（地）

dirt track

an earth-track for motor-racing. asbaan, sintelbaan طَريق تُرابي لِسِباق الدَّراجات писта plochá dráha dirt-track-bane die Sandbahn χωματόδρομος camino de tierra söerada زمین موتور سواری sorarata (piste en) cendrée מָסלוּל מֵרוֹץ मोटरसाइकल रेस का कच्चा रास्ता trag guma salakpálya jalan tanah ómalbikuð kappakstursbraut pista di cenere 泥土の競争路 진흙이나 석탄재를 깐 경주로 automobilių lenktynių trekas (motobraucēju) treks litar sintelbaan dirt-track-bane tor ziemny pista pistă de zgură грунтовая дорога plochá dráha peščena dirkalna steza zemljana staza dirttrackbana, jordbana รอยทางรถในการแข่งรถ toprak yarış pisti 煤渣跑道(供摩托車比賽用) трек для мотоциклетних перегонів موٹر سائکلوں کے مقابلوں کے لۓ مٹّی ، راکھ وغیرہ بچھا کر تیار کی گئی سڑک đường đua 煤渣跑道（供摩托车比赛用）

dirt → قذارة špína snavs Schmutz βρομιά suciedad lika saleté prljavština sporcizia 汚物 더러움 vuil møkk brud sujeira, sujidade грязь smuts ดิน kir chất bẩn 污物

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