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{
"term": "dirt",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "any substance that makes something dirty, for example dust, soil or mud",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "His clothes were covered in dirt."
},
{
"text": "First remove any grease or dirt from the surface."
},
{
"text": "The problem with white is that it soon shows the dirt."
},
{
"text": "Clean your face with soap to remove accumulated dirt and oil."
},
{
"text": "Dirt had accumulated in the corners of the windows."
},
{
"text": "He had streaks of dirt all over his face."
},
{
"text": "She rubbed the dirt from her face."
},
{
"text": "He swept the dirt out onto the porch."
},
{
"text": "I tried to rub off a dirt stain on my sleeve."
},
{
"text": "Massage your scalp to loosen any dirt."
},
{
"text": "She brushed the loose dirt off her coat."
},
{
"text": "Sunlight steamed through the dirt particles in the air."
},
{
"text": "The white rug really shows the dirt."
},
{
"text": "This material does not attract much dirt."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["excess", "loose", "ingrained"],
"… of dirt": ["speck", "streak", "layer"],
"verb + dirt": ["be covered in", "be covered with", "brush off"],
"dirt + verb": ["accumulate", "cover"],
"dirt + noun": ["fleck", "particle", "speck"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "loose earth or soil",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He picked up a handful of dirt and threw it at them."
},
{
"text": "Pack the dirt firmly round the plants."
},
{
"text": "They lived in a shack with a dirt floor."
},
{
"text": "I slammed the shovel into the dirt and started to dig."
},
{
"text": "He grew up on a dirt farm in upstate New York."
},
{
"text": "I landed hard on the packed dirt."
},
{
"text": "He picked himself up off the cold dirt."
},
{
"text": "Her fingernails raked the soft dirt beneath her."
},
{
"text": "Rose picked the ball up off the infield dirt."
},
{
"text": "She filled the hole with loose dirt."
},
{
"text": "The blow knocked him against the dirt wall."
},
{
"text": "The front lawn has patches of bare dirt."
},
{
"text": "The men started to shovel dirt into the open grave."
},
{
"text": "They threw dirt into my face."
},
{
"text": "They throw sticks and dirt clods up into the air."
},
{
"text": "a couple of inches of fill dirt"
},
{
"text": "a floor of dry dirt"
},
{
"text": "children playing in the dirt"
},
{
"text": "the Palermo dirt course"
},
{
"text": "the dirt yard in front of the barn"
},
{
"text": "the mounds of fresh dirt over all the graves"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["excess", "loose", "soft"],
"… of dirt": ["layer"],
"verb + dirt": ["be covered in", "be covered with", "dig"],
"dirt + noun": ["course", "driveway", "lane"],
"preposition": ["in the dirt"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "unpleasant or harmful information about somebody that could be used to damage their reputation, career, etc.",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do you have any dirt on the new guy?"
},
{
"text": "He could dig up so much dirt on her."
},
{
"text": "We need to get some dirt on her."
},
{
"text": "He'd been trying to dig up some dirt on his political rival."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + dirt": ["have", "get", "dig"],
"preposition": ["dirt on"],
"phrases": ["dish the dirt"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "solid waste matter from the body",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "dog dirt"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to discover and reveal information about somebody that could damage them",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They hired private investigators to dig up dirt on their political opponents."
},
{
"text": "She has come to dig the dirt on her old rival."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to tell people unkind or unpleasant things about somebody, especially about their private life",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She loves to dish the dirt on her sisters."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The paper has dragged his name through the mud."
},
{
"text": "They feel their agency has been dragged through the mud by the press."
},
{
"text": "Football's good name is being dragged through the dirt."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to accept bad treatment and being made to feel small or stupid",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her mother ate dirt in poorly-paid jobs just so the family could stay in the country."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to treat somebody with no respect at all",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They treat their workers like dirt."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɜːt/",
"audio": "di/dirt/dirt__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɜːrt/",
"audio": "di/dirt/dirt__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse drit ‘excrement’, an early sense in English."
}