dirt

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. Source: opted

2. n. Meanness; sordidness. Source: opted

3. n. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. Source: opted

4. v. t. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. Source: opted

5. adj. (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel Source: wordnet

6. n. the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock Source: wordnet

7. n. anything regarded as making something unclean Source: wordnet

8. n. obscene terms for feces Source: wordnet

9. n. disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

11. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. Swift. Source: adambom

12. n:100 n. the state of being covered with unclean things s. (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel Source: ecdict

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