dirt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dirt	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for dirt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirt adj (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel Synonym(s): dirt, ungraded n the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock Synonym(s): soil, dirt the state of being covered with unclean things Synonym(s): dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge obscene terms for feces Synonym(s): crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people Synonym(s): scandal, dirt, malicious gossip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dirt \Dirt\, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[c6]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[c6]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dirt \Dirt\, v. t. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. --Swift.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Dirt {Design In Real Time}