26984 words

dirt

8 definitions • 8 examples
1
dust, soil, or any substance that makes a surface not clean:

Examples:

His coat was covered with dirt.
2
soil on the ground:

Examples:

I've been digging in the dirt, planting seeds.
3

Examples:

dog dirt I got some dog dirt on my shoes.
4
unpleasant or bad details about someone's private life that are repeated or published to influence people's opinion of them in a negative way:

Examples:

dig for dirt Journalists are always digging for (= trying to discover) dirt.
5
earth or a substance like it that has gotten on the surface of something such as your skin:

Examples:

I sat on the ground and got dirt on my pants.
6
Dirt is also loose earth on the ground:

Examples:

After the rain, the woods smelled of wet dirt and greenery.
7
Dirt is also the earth considered as a surface:

Examples:

The basement has a dirt floor.
8
personal information about something wrong that someone has done:

Examples:

They are more interested in looking for dirt than in reporting fairly about him.

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