From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dirt \Dirt\, v. t.
To make foul of filthy; to dirty. --Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. --Is. lvii.
20.
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2. Meanness; sordidness.
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Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy.
--Melmoth.
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3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
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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.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
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