Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To make (something) dirty.

    verdrecken, beschmutzen

    па́чкатьpáčkatʹ, загрязня́тьzagrjaznjátʹ

    make soiled, filthy, or dirty

  2. (transitive)To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.

    запятна́тьzapjatnátʹ, пятна́тьpjatnátʹ

  3. (transitive)To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).

  4. (intransitive)To become soiled; to soil or defecate on.

    па́чкатьсяpáčkatʹsja, загрязня́тьсяzagrjaznjátʹsja

Examples

1025 sentences

  1. Tom is dirty, but Mary isn't.

    Том брудний, а Мері — ні. — deniko

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  2. We must wash all these dirty plates.

    Ми мусимо помити всі ці брудні тарілки. — deniko

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  3. She wanted to wash the dirty clothes.

    Вона хотіла випрати брудний одяг. — deniko

    ruОна хотела постирать грязную одежду. — ae5s

    deSie wollte die verschmutzten Kleider waschen. — sigfrido

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  4. I don't want to get my hands dirty.

    Я не хочу бруднити руки. — deniko

    ruЯ не хочу замарать руки. — Hellerick

    deIch will mir nicht die Hände schmutzig machen. — cost

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  5. He doesn't care if his car is dirty.

    Він не турбується, якщо його машина не вимита. — triantafillou

    ruЕму всё равно, грязная у него машина или нет. — marafon

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to make dirty:
to stain or tarnish with dishonor:
to become soiled:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make dirty:

Origin

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate

From Middle English dirti, alteration of earlier dritti, equivalent to dirt + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German drēterich (“dirty”).

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Forms

dirties, dirtying, dirtied, dirtied
Base formdirty · to dirty
3rd person singulardirties
Present participledirtying
Past simpledirtied
Past participledirtied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydirty
he, she, itdirties

Past simpleLesson

all personsdirtied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dirtied
he, she, ithas dirtied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dirty

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

111 synonyms
soilB1blameA2blazeB2blurB2cloudA1detractC2discreditB2disgraceB2disparageC2foulB2muddyB2reproachC2revileC2scandalB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
cleanA1make clean

Word family

4 related words
RelatedworsenB2uncleandirtying
Deriveddirty down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • dirty dishes in
  • dirty dishes
  • dirty clothes
  • his dirty clothes
  • is very dirty
  • his clothes dirty
  • clothes dirty
  • the dirty dishes
  • car is dirty
  • clothes are dirty
  • room is dirty
  • shoes are dirty

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dirigibledirtB1disabilityB1disableB1disadvantageA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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