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- [durt]
- /dɜrt/
- /dɜːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [durt]
- /dɜrt/
Definitions of dirt word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of DIRT Design In Real Time 3
- noun dirt any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement. 1
- noun dirt earth or soil, especially when loose. 1
- noun dirt something or someone vile, mean, or worthless: After that last outburst of hers I thought she was dirt. 1
- noun dirt moral filth; vileness; corruption. 1
- noun dirt obscene or lewd language: to talk dirt. 1
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Origin of dirt
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English dirt, drit; cognate with Old Norse drit excrement; compare Old English drītan
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Parts of speech for Dirt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dirt popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dirt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dirt
noun dirt
- soil — the act or fact of soiling.
- muck — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- mud — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- stain — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- ground — the act of grinding.
adjective dirt
- mudder — a racehorse able to perform well on a wet, muddy track.
- earthen — composed of earth.
- stoner — Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- fictile — capable of being molded.
- rocker — a rocking movement: the gentle rock of the boat.
Antonyms for dirt
noun dirt
- cleanliness — Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
- pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- sterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- purity — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
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