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noun dust/soil/mud ADJ. loose She brushed the loose dirt off her coat. | ingrained | dog QUANT. speck | streak He had streaks of dirt all over his face. | layer VERB + DIRT be covered in/with His shoes were covered in dirt. | brush off, clean off, remove, wash off | show The white rug really shows the dirt. DIRT + VERB accumulate Dirt had accumulated in the corners of the windows. DIRT + NOUN road, track | floor PREP. in the ~ children playing in the dirt harmful/unpleasant information about sb VERB + DIRT have PREP. ~ on Do you have any dirt on the new guy? PHRASES dish the dirt (= tell people unkind/unpleasant things about sb) She just loves to dish the dirt.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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dirt
verbs
remove the dirt (from something)
• First, remove any dirt from the cut.
brush off/wash off/clean off the dirt
• Wash the dirt off those boots before you come in.
something shows the dirt
(= something looks dirty – used about colours )
• Light-coloured clothes show the dirt rather quickly.
adjectives
loose dirt
(= that you can brush off easily )
• Keep your pack clean by brushing off any loose dirt after use.
ingrained dirt
(= under the surface of something and difficult to clean off )
• We had to wash the walls to remove the ingrained dirt.
ground-in dirt
(= difficult to remove because people have walked over something )
• He had a lot of trouble getting rid of the ground-in dirt from the carpet.
phrases
be covered with dirt
• The kitchen floor was covered with dirt.
be black with dirt
(= be very dirty )
• Jack came in from the garden, his hands black with dirt.
a speck of dirt
(= a very small piece of dirt )
• Their house was so clean – there wasn’t a speck of dirt anywhere.
transnet.ir
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In addition to the idiom beginning with DIRT, Also see DIG UP (DIRT); DISH THE DIRT; EAT CROW (DIRT); HIT THE DECK (DIRT); PAY DIRT; TREAT LIKE DIRT. Also see under DIRTY.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun
earth:
There was dirt on the boy's clothes.
Simple Definitions