Definition of Dirt. Meaning of Dirt. Synonyms of Dirt

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Definition of Dirt

Dirt
Dirt Dirt, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]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. 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.
Dirt
Dirt Dirt, v. t. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. --Swift.

Meaning of Dirt from wikipedia

- Dirt is an unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions. In such cases, they are said to become dirty. Common...
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- up dirt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dirt is a blanket term for unclean matter. Dirt may also refer to: Soil, that is found on the ground Dirt (novel)...
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- Joe Dirt is a 2001 American adventure comedy film, directed by Dennie Gordon (in her feature film directorial debut), starring David Spade, Dennis Miller...
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- American Dirt is a 2020 novel by American author Jeanine ****mins, published by Flatiron Books. The book is about a Mexican bookseller who is forced to...
- The Dirt is a 2019 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jeff Tremaine from a screenplay by Rich Wilkes and Amanda Adelson, about heavy metal/glam...
- Electric Dirt is the final studio album from American musician Levon Helm, released in 2009. It is the follow-up to his Grammy-winning 2007 album Dirt Farmer...
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