dirt

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: soilfilthgrimestaingreasegrungecrapshitshitepoopturdscandal

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rockSynonyms: soil
  2. the state of being covered with unclean thingsSynonyms: filthgrimesoilstaingreasegrunge
  3. obscene terms for fecesSynonyms: crapshitshitepoopturd
  4. disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other peopleSynonyms: scandalmalicious gossip

Adjective (1)

  1. (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travelSynonyms: ungraded
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dirt \Dirt\ (d[~e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[imac]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[imac]tan.]

1.Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. [1913 Webster]

Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.— Is. lvii. 20.[1913 Webster]

2.Meanness; sordidness. [1913 Webster]

Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy.— Melmoth.[1913 Webster]

3.In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. [1913 Webster]

Dirt bed (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures.

Dirt eating. (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. --Humboldt. (b) (Med.) Same as Chthonophagia.

Dirt pie, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry. --Otway (1684).

To eat dirt, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie. [1913 Webster]

Dirt \Dirt\, v. t. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Design In Real Time Dirt

<programming> (Dirt) A user interface builder for the X Window System by R. Hesketh.

(1994-12-07)

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