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I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
Lyman Abbott

Meaning of "dirt" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIRT

From Old Norse drit excrement; related to Middle Dutch drēte.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRT

dirt  [dɜːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dirt is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIRT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dirt

Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions, making them dirty. Common types of dirt include: ▪ soil: a mix of clay, sand, and humus which lies over terrestrial bedrock ▪ dust: a powder of organic or mineral matter ▪ grime: dark, ingrained dust such as soot or ash ▪ filth: foul matter such as excrement...

Definition of dirt in the English dictionary

The first definition of dirt in the dictionary is any unclean substance, such as mud, dust, excrement, etc; filth. Other definition of dirt is loose earth; soil. Dirt is also packed earth, gravel, cinders, etc, used to make a racetrack.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIRT


advert
ˈædvɜːt
alert
əˈlɜːt
cert
sɜːt
concert
ˈkɒnsɜːt
convert
kənˈvɜːt
dessert
dɪˈzɜːt
expert
ˈɛkspɜːt
flirt
flɜːt
girt
ɡɜːt
hurt
hɜːt
insert
ɪnˈsɜːt
shirt
ʃɜːt
skirt
skɜːt
squirt
skwɜːt
sweatshirt
ˈswɛtˌʃɜːt
tee-shirt
ˈtiːʃɜːt
upskirt
ˈʌpˌskɜːt
vert
vɜːt
wert
wɜːt
wort
wɜːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRT

dirndl skirt
dirt bike
dirt cheap
dirt farmer
dirt floor
dirt road
dirt track
dirt track racing
dirt-cheap
dirt-poor
dirtbag
dirtied
dirtier
dirties
dirtiest
dirtily
dirtiness
dirty
dirty bomb
dirty dog

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRT

bit of skirt
Brown Shirt
dress shirt
eat dirt
grass skirt
miniskirt
muscle shirt
overshirt
overskirt
pay dirt
pencil skirt
polo shirt
quirt
redshirt
spirt
split skirt
sports shirt
T-shirt
tee shirt
undershirt

Synonyms and antonyms of dirt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DIRT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dirt» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dirt
aspersion · clay · clod · crap · crud · dirty linen · dust · earth · excrement · filth · goss · gossip · grime · grot · ground · impurity · indecency · kak · loam · mire · muck · mud · obscenity · pornography · scandal · shit · slander · sleaze · slime · slob · smudge · smut · soil · stain · tarnish · tattle · turf

Translation of «dirt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRT

Find out the translation of dirt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dirt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dirt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

污物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suciedad
570 millions of speakers

English

dirt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंदगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قَذَارَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грязь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sujeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ময়লা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saleté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kotoran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schmutz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚れ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더러움
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rereget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chất bẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழுக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घाण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sporcizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brud
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бруд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

murdărie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βρομιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vuil
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smuts
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

møkk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dirt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRT»

The term «dirt» is very widely used and occupies the 7.190 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dirt» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dirt» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dirt

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10 QUOTES WITH «DIRT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dirt.
1
Lyman Abbott
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
2
Paul Anka
I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.
3
Brigid Berlin
The terrible thing about sunlight is it shows the dirt.
4
Howard Graham Buffett
My parents had a gardener when I was growing up, and he and I would dig in the dirt together - my mom and dad were definitely not digging with me! When I was 5, he helped me plant some corn in our backyard, and I remember how fascinating it was to watch it grow. Little did I know that 50 years later I'd be growing corn in a different way.
5
Conrad Burns
I come from Montana, and in eastern Montana we have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. It is expensive trying to bring the new technologies to smaller schools to upgrade their technologies to take advantage of distance learning.
6
Win Butler
I'm not a good hipster - if I let my moustache grow for weeks, it just looks like I have dirt on my face. I'll never have a glorious handlebar moustache.
7
Kirk Cameron
Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve. One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either. So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't.
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Chuck Close
Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience.
9
Emayatzy Corinealdi
I'm a tomboy at the end of the day, so anything that causes me to have to run around, fight people, roll in the dirt, hop a fence - I'm all for it. So I really would love to do an action film.
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Justin Cronin
My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRT»

Discover the use of dirt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dirt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go.
David R. Montgomery, 2012
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Dirt: A Social History As Seen Through the Uses and Abuses ...
Describes men's attitudes toward dirt while examining practices of cleanliness in Western cultures since Roman times.
Terence McLaughlin, 1971
3
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
This is the classic book that's made countless ordinary mortals want to transform into lawless rock stars, and created countless spin-off books for Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, and Mick Mars, who hold nothing back in this outrageous, ...
Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, 2014
4
Dirt
Brief text explores how soil is formed, its layers, and its importance as a natural resource that living things need to survive, in an addition to an early science discovery series which combines important scientific information with kid ...
‎2007
5
Dirt Boy
To avoid taking a bath, Fister Farnello runs away from home and is befriended by Dirt Man, a filthy giant who lives in the woods. By the illustrator of Z Is for Zombie. Reprint.
Erik Jon Slangerup, 2000
6
Serious as Dog Dirt
Bam Marger's personal writings, photos and drawings.
Bam Margera, 2009
7
Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports
So there should be a wide readership for this intelligent guide to reading newspapers' sports pages, which increasingly resemble business pages."--George Will
James P. Quirk, 1997
8
Dirt: New Geographies of Cleanliness and Contamination
The contributors to this work expose the interests which underlie everyday conceptions of dirt and reveal how our ideas about it are intimately bound up with issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality and the body._x000D_ _x000D_ ...
Ben Campkin, Rosie Cox, 2007
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Dirt Bike Racer
"Twelve-year old Ron Baker finds a mini bike while scuba diving and, with the help of a former motorcycle rider and racer, restores the bike and enters competitions"--Provided by publisher.
‎2007
10
Chasing Dirt: The American Pursuit of Cleanliness
And as the book enters the modern era, we learn how advertising for soaps, mouthwashes, toothpastes, and deodorants in mass-circulation magazines showed working men and women how to cleanse themselves and become part of the increasingly ...
Suellen Hoy, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dirt is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dirt could decide Shaman Ghost's Triple Crown hopes | Toronto Star
Dirt could decide Shaman Ghost's Triple Crown hopes. What makes the race unique is that it is run on dirt, a new surface for many horses ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
2
Beet Up Your Bourbon: Dirt Candy's Kentucky Lemonade | Village …
The owner of Dirt Candy (86 Allen Street; 212-228-7732) wanted to make sure her new vegetarian oasis on Allen Street opened with a bang ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
3
Pirates' grounds crew memorializes tarp incident in infield dirt | MLB …
Pirates' grounds crew memorializes tarp incident in infield dirt. Max Bultman's headshot. Max Bultman @m_bultman · Email RSS. July 8, 2015 ... «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»
4
Fifth annual Crusher in the Tushar draws strong field to Utah dirt
The famously difficult course starts in downtown Beaver and runs over a mix of paved and dirt roads for 70 miles of adventurous racing. «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 15»
5
Lexington can't let gun violence defeat Dirt Bowl | Editorial …
The still unexplained shootings at Douglass Park during Dirt Bowl basketball competition June 21 took the life of Kwame El-Amin, a beloved ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
6
DIRT QUAKE USA Aims to Demystify Dirt-Track Racing: “If you're …
Dirt Quake is nominally a British concept imported into the Pacific Northwest. The idea is to demystify dirt-track racing by opening it to all comers ... «Cycleworld, Jul 15»
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Seward graduate earns $1500 Black Dirt Scholarship - The Warwick …
PINE ISLAND — The Pine Island Chamber of Commerce has awarded its $1,500 Black Dirt Scholarship Award in the field of Culinary ... «The Warwick Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Familiar faces win Hawkeye Dirt Tour : Britt News Tribune
BRITT – Some familiar names, from near and far, took home big checks Tuesday night from the Hancock County Speedway as the Hawkeye ... «Mason City Globe Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Royal Neighbors' Leadership Forum 'Plays in the Dirt' - Quad-Cities …
Members of the organization's Leadership Forum and executives met at the park during work hours to "play in the dirt" and help spruce up the ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»
10
Do you know this dirt biker? Police release surveillance photos to …
According to police, an unknown male riding a red Honda dirt bike trespassed onto the property and broke into Gro Bark Organics' office on ... «Orangeville Banner, Jul 15»

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