The meaning of Dirt

noun

The making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.

Usage examples:

A bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation

verb

Slander (someone).

Usage examples:

That passage takes us closer to the reason why he has been hated and calumnied for so long.

noun

A substance which is considered unpleasant or disgusting, typically because of its dirtiness.

Usage examples:

Use a good soap compound to remove accumulated crud

noun

The four basic operations (create, read, update, and delete) of data storage, regarded collectively.

Usage examples:

We'll create a simple database on which we will be performing crud operations

noun

Any offensive substance

Usage examples:

You couldn’t see a thing with all the crud in the air.

noun

A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.

Usage examples:

My dad caught me smoking dope

verb

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

adjective

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

noun

Something regarded as worthless; rubbish.

Usage examples:

There are bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross

noun

Something that has no use or no value

Usage examples:

So much of what's on tv is pure dross., we read all the manuscripts but 95 percent are dross.

noun

Fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste matter lying on the ground or on surfaces or carried in the air.

Usage examples:

The car sent up clouds of dust

verb

Remove the dust or dirt from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it.

Usage examples:

I broke the vase i had been dusting

noun

Dry dirt in the form of powder that covers surfaces inside a building, or very small dry pieces of earth, sand, or other substances

Usage examples:

The furniture was covered with dust., piles of dusty books lay on the floor., [ i/t ] i was dusting…

noun

Disgusting dirt.

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Stagnant pools of filth

noun

Thick, unpleasant dirt

Usage examples:

The floor was covered in filth., people complain about the filth on tv and in the press.

noun

Information.

Usage examples:

You've got more gen on him than we have

verb

Find out about.

Usage examples:

We genned up on the agencies that had done the work

noun

Short for generation.

Usage examples:

The next gen of consoles

noun

Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.

Usage examples:

He became the subject of much local gossip

verb

Engage in gossip.

Usage examples:

They would start gossiping about her as soon as she left

verb

Light informal conversation for social occasions

noun

Dirt ingrained on the surface of something.

Usage examples:

The windows were thick with grime

verb

Blacken or make dirty with grime.

Usage examples:

The windows were grimed like a coal miner's goggles

noun

A layer of dirt on skin or a building

Usage examples:

The building is covered with grime., a grimy face

noun

Something unpleasant, dirty, or of poor quality.

Usage examples:

They watch endless grot on telly

noun

A grotto.

adjective

Connected with a type of rock music, popular in the early 1990s, or with a style of clothing that gives the appearance of being dirty and not cared for

noun

An unpleasantly sticky or viscous substance.

Usage examples:

Concentration is adversely affected by smoking with the gradual blocking up of the arteries and vei…

verb

Clog or obstruct something with gunge.

Usage examples:

His own company had to come back and bleed the radiators after the new pump was put in, because the…

noun

Any unpleasant, soft, dirty substance, often one that you cannot recognize

Usage examples:

It was amazing how much gunge had accumulated in the pipe.

noun

A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of a libel on a liverpool inspector of taxes

verb

Defame (someone) by publishing a libel.

Usage examples:

The jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper

noun

A piece of writing that says bad, false, and harmful things about a person, or the legal claim you make when you accuse someone in court of writing such things about you

Usage examples:

[ c ] the whole story was a vicious libel., [ u ] angry at what the newspaper had printed, she sued…

adjective

Used to describe a person or action that is very dishonest and unfair

Usage examples:

That was a low-down thing to do.

noun

A stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

Usage examples:

Acres of land had been reduced to a mire

verb

Cause to become stuck in mud.

Usage examples:

Sometimes a heavy truck gets mired down

noun

An area of deep, wet, sticky earth, or fig. any messy situation

Usage examples:

The cart’s wheels sank in the red mire., fig. at the time the country was mired in the great depres…

noun

Dirt, rubbish, or waste matter.

Usage examples:

I'll just clean the muck off the windscreen

verb

Spread manure on (land).

Usage examples:

Half the farm is mucked every year

noun

Wet, sticky dirt

Usage examples:

It was hard to walk in the muck.

noun

Soft, sticky matter resulting from the mixing of earth and water.

Usage examples:

Ankle deep in mud, we squelched across a meadow

noun

A computer-based text or virtual reality game which several players play at the same time, interacting with each other as well as with characters controlled by the computer.

verb

(of a fluid) slowly trickle or seep out of something.

Usage examples:

Blood was oozing from a wound in his scalp

noun

The sluggish flow of a fluid.

Usage examples:

I picked a fruit and watched the ooze of fig milk from the stem

noun

Wet mud or slime, especially that found at the bottom of a river, lake, or sea.

Usage examples:

Abandoned barges sunk in ooze

noun

The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.

Usage examples:

The level of pollution in the air is rising

Contamination of the natural environment

noun

The act of polluting, or the substances that pollute

Usage examples:

Air pollution, pollution from the factory could be contaminating nearby wells.

noun

The aftermost and highest deck of a ship, especially in a sailing ship where it typically forms the roof of a cabin in the stern.

Usage examples:

There on the poop stood captain meech

verb

(of a wave) break over the stern of (a ship), sometimes causing it to capsize.

Usage examples:

Off rame head we were badly pooped

verb

Stop functioning.

Usage examples:

The analogue tape fluttered slightly in pitch but didn't poop out

noun

A surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others.

Usage examples:

Revelations about his personal life

noun

The act of making known something that was secret, or a fact that has been made known

Usage examples:

[ c ] the first planet discovered around an ordinary star was a strange and unexpected revelation.

noun

An action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.

Usage examples:

A bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters

noun

An action or event that is considered immoral, causing the public to react with shock or anger

Usage examples:

[ c ] people withdrew their money from banks caught up in the scandal., she has a reputation for sp…

noun

An action or event that shocks people and makes them feel disapproval

Usage examples:

Cause/create (a) scandal the politician's behaviour caused a scandal., a scandal breaks/erupts when…

noun

A layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid.

Usage examples:

Green scum found on stagnant pools

verb

Form a layer of dirt or froth on (a liquid).

Usage examples:

Litter scummed the surface of the water

noun

The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

Usage examples:

He is suing the tv company for slander

verb

Make false and damaging statements about (someone).

Usage examples:

They were accused of slandering the head of state

noun

A false, spoken statement about someone which damages that person's reputation, or the making of such a statement

Usage examples:

[ u ] political campaigns are full of shameless slander., her statement was not meant to slander an…

noun

An unpleasantly thick and slippery liquid substance.

Usage examples:

The cold stone was wet with slime

verb

Cover with slime.

Usage examples:

What grass remained was slimed over with pale brown mud

noun

A smooth, sticky, liquid substance usually considered unpleasant

Usage examples:

A greenish slime covered the surface of the water near the sewer pipe.

noun

Thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process.

Usage examples:

The dumping of sewage sludge

noun

Wet dirt, or any other thick, wet substance

Usage examples:

The dirty water left a layer of sludge in the bottom of the pail.

verb

Coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

His face was smeared with dirt

noun

A mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

There was an oil smear on his jacket

verb

Cause (something) to become messily smeared by rubbing it.

Usage examples:

She dabbed her eyes, careful not to smudge her make-up

noun

A blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something.

Usage examples:

A smudge of blood on the floor

noun

A smoky outdoor fire that is lit to keep off insects or protect plants against frost.

Usage examples:

Discussions of the merits of various smudges at keeping bugs at bay

noun

A small flake of soot or other dirt or a mark left by one.

Usage examples:

All those black smuts from the engine

noun

A deep black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.

Usage examples:

Diesel particulate matter consists of soot mixed with anything from volatile organic compounds to s…

verb

Cover or clog (something) with soot.

Usage examples:

You have previously sooted the underside of their plate by holding it over a candle

verb

Mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed.

Usage examples:

Her clothing was stained with blood

noun

A coloured patch or dirty mark that is difficult to remove.

Usage examples:

There were mud stains on my shoes

verb

Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.

Usage examples:

The two men talked

noun

Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion.

Usage examples:

There was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk

verb

Gossip idly.

Usage examples:

According to some tattling sources, he never quite gave her up

noun

Gossip; idle talk.

Usage examples:

For each story of mine, a titbit of town tattle must be exchanged

verb

To secretly tell someone in authority, especially a teacher, that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble

Usage examples:

Did you tattle on us to the teacher?

noun

A hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water.

Usage examples:

Katherine sipped her tea

verb

Drink tea or take afternoon tea.

Usage examples:

I teaed with professor herron

noun

The dried and cut leaves of esp. the tea plant, or a drink made by pouring hot water onto these

Usage examples:

[ u ] i’d love a nice cup of hot tea., [ c ] we have a variety of herbal teas.

noun

Talk about other people's lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or not true

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

Usage examples:

Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

It's a waste of time trying to argue with him

exclamation

Used to express strong distaste or disgust.

Usage examples:

Raw herrings! yuck!

noun

Something messy or disgusting.

Usage examples:

I can't bear the sight of blood and yuck

verb

Laugh heartily.

Usage examples:

He has them yucking at him one moment and at themselves the next