{
    "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."
}