dirty
/ˈdɝti/ verb C2- To make (something) dirty.
- To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
- To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
- To become soiled; to soil or defecate on.
He/she/it dirties · Past dirtied · Past participle dirtied · -ing form dirtying
Verb forms
- Base form
- dirty
- He/she/it
- dirties
- Past
- dirtied
- Past participle
- dirtied
- -ing form
- dirtying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The boy looked at him for a moment with bright, canny eyes out of a dirty, intelligent face, and then set off at a run.
When he felt dirty or hot he swam in the forest pools; and when he wanted honey (Baloo told him that honey and nuts were just as pleasant to eat as raw meat) he climbed up for it, and that Bagheera showed him how to do.
They are very many, evil, dirty, shameless, and they desire, if they have any fixed desire, to be noticed by the Jungle People.
In Meryton they parted: the two youngest repaired to the lodgings of one of the officers’ wives, and Elizabeth continued her walk alone, crossing field after field at a quick pace, jumping over stiles and springing over puddles, with impatient activity, and finding herself at last within view of the house, with weary ancles, dirty stockings, and a face glowing with the warmth of exercise.
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