The meaning of Filth

noun

The action or state of making or being made impure by polluting or poisoning.

Usage examples:

The risk of contamination by dangerous bacteria

verb

(of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi.

Usage examples:

The body had begun to decay

noun

The state or process of rotting or decomposition.

Usage examples:

Hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood

noun

Damage, or a state that becomes gradually worse

Usage examples:

The dentist says i have a lot of tooth decay., there’s still too much crime, poverty, and decay in …

noun

The action of defiling or the state of being defiled.

Usage examples:

The heinous defilement of their most sacred site

noun

The action of spoiling something or someone so that that thing or person is less beautiful or pure

Usage examples:

People were furious at this defilement of the countryside., nobody could prevent this defilement of…

noun

A substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something.

Usage examples:

Jo wiped the dirt off her face

noun

Earth or a substance like it that has gotten on the surface of something such as your skin

Usage examples:

I sat on the ground and got dirt on my pants., after the rain, the woods smelled of wet dirt and gr…

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

The excrement of animals; manure.

Usage examples:

The scent of dung from the nearby manure pile also makes it difficult to breathe.

verb

Drop or spread dung on (a piece of ground).

Usage examples:

But avoid dunging ground that you plan to use for carrots and parsnips

noun

Solid excrement from animals, esp. cattle and horses; manure

noun

Waste matter discharged from the bowels; faeces.

Usage examples:

The disease can spread on contact with body fluids such as blood, urine, excrement, vomit and saliva.

noun

Waste matter discharged from the body, especially faeces and urine.

Usage examples:

The river itself is not a river as such but a flowing stream of the filth of humanity - dead bodies…

noun

The waste material produced by a body, especially solid waste

noun

Rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse.

Usage examples:

Garbage littered the estate

Worthless material that is to be disposed of

noun

Waste material, esp. unwanted food, or a container in which waste is kept

Usage examples:

She threw the cheese in the garbage., take the garbage can/bags out to the curb to be picked up., t…

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

Animal dung used for fertilizing land.

Usage examples:

Plenty of fully rotted horse manure can be dug in this fall

verb

Apply manure to (land).

Usage examples:

The ground should be well dug and manured

noun

Excrement from animals, esp. horses and cattle, often used as a fertilizer (= material added to earth to help plants grow)

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

Excrement; dung.

Usage examples:

Distilling that heap of ordure down to only ten nuggets of blackest filth takes work.

noun

Solid waste from the bowels of people or animals

Usage examples:

The streets were filthy, with heaps of human and animal ordure steaming in the sun.

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 process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter.

Usage examples:

The breeze shifted and we caught the stench of putrefaction

noun

The state of decaying

verb

Indicate or show that one is not willing to do something.

Usage examples:

I refused to answer

noun

Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless; rubbish.

Usage examples:

Heaps of refuse

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

Waste water and excrement conveyed in sewers.

Usage examples:

Sewage treatment

noun

Waste and liquid from toilets

Usage examples:

The storm caused raw sewage to flow into the bay.

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.

noun

Waste material; refuse.

Usage examples:

The subway entrance was blocked with trash

verb

Damage or destroy.

Usage examples:

My apartment's been totally trashed

noun

Anything that is worthless and of low quality; waste

Usage examples:

We filled three cans with trash from the garage., i simply trash that kind of mail., some people se…