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dirt

noun as in grime, impurity

noun as in obscenity; immorality

noun as in soil

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noun as in gossip

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Example Sentences

Turns out that wool regulates temperature, repels water, wicks away moisture, and resists stains and dirt.

They slapped and punched him, and when he fell, dragged him through the dirt.

In one case a detainee was dragged naked along the dirt floor.

And Madusa had spent time on motorcycles, dirt bikes and four wheelers, among other rides.

But how is it they never lose that hunger to turn over the next shovel of dirt?

He walked first to one side, and then the other, rooting in the dirt with his funny, rubbery nose.

Then a shower of dirt flew into their faces and both Jolly Robin and his wife tumbled over backward.

I pulled the saddle off my horse, slapped it down on the dirt floor, and went stalking up to the long cabin.

Thence were taken fifteen baskets of gravel and dirt, which has the color of coal, in order to assay it.

Nor can this dirt be worked without danger of caving in, as was the case in all the veins and works that were on that elevation.

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On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dirt, such as: excrement, ground, muck, mud, soil, and stain.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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