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# dirty

«dirty» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not clean; covered with dirt, mud, dust or germs** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (dirty, dirtier, dirtiest); verb (dirty, dirties, dirtied — to make dirty)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not clean; covered with dirt, mud, dust or germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#m1)

2) Not fair or honest: a dirty trick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#m2)

3) Rude or not nice: a dirty word, a dirty look (an angry look). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#m3)

4) Verb: to make something dirty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In hygiene: wash dirty hands before eating and after the toilet; dirty hands spread germs; put dirty clothes in the wash. In safety: don't touch dirty needles or rubbish, don't drink dirty water. In stories: a dirty trick is cheating. Phrases: dirty hands, dirty clothes, dirty dishes, get dirty, a dirty trick, a dirty look, dirty water.

### examples

- Wash your dirty hands before dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x1)
- My shoes got dirty in the mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x2)
- Put your dirty clothes in the basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x3)
- Who left these dirty dishes? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x4)
- Don't drink dirty water from a puddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x5)
- Hiding the ball was a dirty trick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x6)
- She gave me a dirty look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x7)
- Gardening is fun, even if you get dirty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x8)
- Knives are dirty things at any time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/#x9)

### note

Comparisons: dirtier, dirtiest (y → i). Opposite: clean. Made from «dirt» + y. Something can look clean and still have germs, so wash with soap.

### In the corpora

- [Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/16/)
- [Cages and hutches need cleaning regularly; dirty bedding left for a month causes smells and illness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/12/)
- [A fine comb gets head lice out, and clean hair gets lice just as easily as dirty hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice/17/)
- [An anagram uses exactly the same letters in a new order: LISTEN becomes SILENT, and DORMITORY becomes DIRTY ROOM.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/1/)
- [DORMITORY is an anagram of DIRTY ROOM.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/56-olympiad-word-puzzles-anagrams-palindromes-word-ladders/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dirty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.