dirt

dirt

noun

Definition of DIRT

1

the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow <dig into the dirt to a depth of about three inches>

Synonyms clod, earth, ground, mold, soil

Related Words blackland, clay, gault [chiefly British], gley, guck (or gook), gumbo, kaolin, muck, mud; dust, gravel, sand; humus, loam, topsoil; alluvium, colluvium, detritus, loess, marl, sediment, shingle, silt; duff, mull; subsoil, substratum

2

the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air <at the first sound of gunfire we hit the dirt>

Synonyms dirt, dust, ground, land, soil, terra firma

Related Words continent, landmass, zone; island, isthmus, mainland, peninsula

3

foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something <there's some dirt on your shoes>

Synonyms crud, dirt, grime, gunk, muck, smut, soil

Related Words scum, sewage, sewerage, slime, sludge, swill; dross, dust [British], garbage, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste; crock [dialect], soot; dinginess, dirtiness, dustiness, filthiness, foulness, griminess, grubbiness, nastiness, squalidness, uncleanliness, uncleanness

Near Antonyms cleanliness, cleanness

4

the quality or state of being obscene <appalled by the dirt in the author's novels>

Synonyms bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness

Related Words broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness; immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness; lechery; depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness; exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability; reprehensibility, reprehensibleness; abusiveness, scurrilousness; atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness; distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness

Near Antonyms priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism; correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness; appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness; immaculateness, perfection, purity, spotlessness

5

solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal <tread carefully, as there's cow dirt all over the pasture>

Synonyms dirt, doo-doo, dung, excrement, excreta, feces, ordure, poop, scat, slops, soil, waste

Related Words night soil, stool; dunghill, guano, manure, midden, muck; spoor; sewage, sewerage; coprolite