Thesaurus: dirt

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Meanness; sordidness.
3. n. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
4. v. t. To make foul of filthy; to dirty.
5. adj. (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel
6. n. the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
7. n. anything regarded as making something unclean
8. n. obscene terms for feces
9. n. disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
10. 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. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Is. lvii. 20. 2. Meanness; sordidness. Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy. Melmoth. 3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. 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. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. Swift.
11. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. Swift.
12. n:100 n. the state of being covered with unclean things s. (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel