noun
1 substance that makes sth dirty
ADJECTIVE
▪ excess , loose
▪
She brushed the loose ~ off her coat.
▪ ingrained
▪ dog ( BrE )
▪ accumulated
▪
Clean your face with soap to remove accumulated ~ and oil.
… OF DIRT
▪ speck
▪ streak
▪
He had streaks of ~ all over his face.
▪ layer
VERB + DIRT
▪ be covered in , be covered with
▪
His shoes were covered in ~.
▪ brush off , clean off , dust off ( esp. AmE ), remove , rub , rub off , scrape , scrub off , shake , wash off , wipe
▪
He rubbed the ~ off his face. ( BrE )
▪
He rubbed the ~ from his face. ( AmE )
▪ sweep
▪
He swept the ~ out onto the porch.
▪ show
▪
The white rug really shows the ~.
▪ attract ( esp. AmE )
▪
This material does not attract much ~.
▪ loosen ( esp. AmE )
▪
Massage your scalp to loosen any ~.
DIRT + VERB
▪ accumulate
▪
Dirt had accumulated in the corners of the windows.
▪ cover
▪
Blood and ~ covered his face.
DIRT + NOUN
▪ fleck ( AmE ), particle , speck
▪
Sunlight steamed through the ~ particles in the air.
2 ( AmE ) soil/mud
ADJECTIVE
▪ excess , loose
▪
She filled the hole with loose ~.
▪ soft
▪
Her fingernails raked the soft ~ beneath her.
▪ dry , wet
▪
a floor of dry ~
▪ hard-packed , packed
▪
He landed hard on the packed ~.
▪ bare ( AmE )
▪
The front lawn has patches of bare ~.
▪ cold
▪
He picked himself up off the cold ~.
▪ fill
▪
a couple of inches of fill ~
▪ infield ( AmE )
▪
Rose picked the ball up off the infield ~.
▪ ingrained
▪ fresh
▪
the mounds of fresh ~ over all the graves
… OF DIRT
▪ layer
VERB + DIRT
▪ be covered in , be covered with
▪
His shoes were covered in ~.
▪ dig , move , shovel
▪
The men started to shovel ~ into the open grave.
▪ throw
▪
They threw ~ into my face.
DIRT + NOUN
▪ course , driveway , lane , path , road , street , strip , track , trail
▪
the Palermo ~ course
▪ floor , ground
▪ wall
▪
The blow knocked him against the ~ wall.
▪ lot , parking lot , yard
▪
the ~ yard in front of the barn
▪ farmer
▪ farm
▪
He grew up on a ~ farm in upstate New York.
▪ clod , clump
▪
They throw sticks and ~ clods up into the air.
▪ mound , pile
▪ smudge , stain
▪
I tried to rub off a ~ stain on my sleeve.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
▪
children playing in the ~
3 harmful/unpleasant information about sb
VERB + DIRT
▪ have
▪ get ( esp. AmE )
▪
We need to get some ~ on her.
▪ dig , dig up
▪
He could dig up so much ~ on her.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
Do you have any ~ on the new guy?
PHRASES
▪ dish the ~
▪
She just loves to dish the ~ (= tell people unkind/unpleasant things about sb) .