dirty
/ˈdɜːti/
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Translation
Not clean; covered in mud, dust, or marks.
Word origin
From Middle English drit, meaning dirt, so covered in dirt.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- drit
Examples
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"Dirty" tells us his hands were not clean.
Please .
Here "dirty" describes plates that need cleaning.
marks .
Here "dirty" describes marks made of dirt.
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