|
Dictionaries
- WordNet
- Jargon File
- Computing Dictionary
- Moby Thesaurus
|
Created by
www.noamnet.com
|
 Definitions for dirt: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: Dirt \Dirt\, v. t.
To make foul of filthy; to dirty. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
: 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
: dirt
adj : (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year
travel [syn: ungraded]
n 1: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and
disintegrated rock [syn: soil]
2: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: filth,
grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge]
3: obscene terms for feces [syn: crap, shit, shite, poop,
turd]
4: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
[syn: scandal, malicious gossip]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
: 112 Moby Thesaurus words for "dirt":
Rabelaisianism, X-rated movie, acres, alluvion, alluvium,
arable land, bawdiness, bawdry, blue movie,
character assassination, clay, clod, corruption, crust, dirtiness,
dirty movie, dope, dross, dry land, dust, earth, erotic art,
erotic literature, erotographomania, excrement, fescenninity,
filth, filthiness, foulness, freehold, garbage, glebe, gossip,
gossip column, grassland, grime, ground, iconolagny, indecency,
inside information, juicy morsel, junk, land, landholdings,
leavings, lewdness, lithosphere, loam, low-down, malicious gossip,
marginal land, marl, mire, mold, muck, mud, nastiness, obscenity,
offal, offensiveness, ooze, ordure, orts, pornographic art,
pornographic literature, pornographomania, pornography,
real estate, real property, refuse, region, regolith, ribaldry,
rubbish, rumor, salaciousness, salacity, scandal, scandalmongering,
scrap, scurrility, scuttlebutt, sexploitation, sharp practice,
skin flick, slander, slime, slop, sludge, smut, smuttiness, sod,
soft-core pornography, soil, soot, stag film, subaerial deposit,
subsoil, sweepings, talk, terra, terra firma, terrain, territory,
the country, tidbit, topsoil, trash, vileness, waste,
whispering campaign, woodland
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
: Dirt
Design In Real Time
Related SitesFX Networks Official site. FX Network is the home of award-winning, original television. ... Skip to content. Skip to local navigation. Skip to global fox navigation. Skip ...
Dirt (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Courteney Cox Arquette feels embarrassed by her 'Dirt' sex scenes. ... Season 2 Premiere in the UK Dirt makes muted return for fiver ...
Dirt - TV.com News, episode guide, cast list, and discussion forum for Dirt, the FX drama series starring Courteney Cox as a tabloid editor.
Dirt The Homepage for Dirt Earthy Vibes Recording Artist ... Performances. Listen. Dirt Photos. Shop. Forum. THE VAULT. Contact Us. Site Map ...
DIRT-NYC
Dirt - IMDb Profiles the FX drama series Dirt, which follows a tabloid editor and her photographer as they take the world of celebrity journalism by storm. Lists cast, ...
|