English noun: dirt |
1. | dirt (substance) the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock |
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| Synonyms | soil |
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| Broader (hypernym) | earth, ground |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alluvial soil, bog soil, bole, boulder clay, caliche, clay, clay, clunch, desert soil, desertic soil, fuller's earth, gilgai soil, gumbo, gumbo soil, hardpan, humus, Indian red, indurated clay, laterite, loam, loess, marl, mold, mould, mud, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, regosol, residual clay, residual soil, sand, sedimentary clay, silt, subsoil, surface soil, till, topsoil, tundra soil, undersoil, wiesenboden |
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2. | dirt (state) the state of being covered with unclean things |
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| Synonyms | filth, grease, grime, grunge, soil, stain |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dirtiness, uncleanness |
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3. | dirt (substance) obscene terms for feces |
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| Synonyms | crap, poop, shit, shite, turd |
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| Broader (hypernym) | BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool |
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| Domain usage | dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism |
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4. | dirt (communication) disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people |
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| Synonyms | malicious gossip, scandal |
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| Broader (hypernym) | comment, gossip, scuttlebutt |
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