What does dirty mean?
dirty British [?d?ti] American [?d?rti]
adj. Dirty; dirty; filthy; obscene; pornographic; yellow; obscene; disgusting; despicable; dishonest;
v. soil; make dirty;
[Example]She still did not like the woman who had ?dirty?fingernails
She still doesn’t like the woman with dirty nails.
[Others] Comparative: dirty? Superlative: dirtyest? Third person singular: dirty? Present participle: dirty? Past tense: dirty? Past participle: dirty Extended information
dirty Usage 1: The basic meaning of dirty is "dirty", which can be extended to describe unhealthy behavior, language or thoughts of a person. It is often translated as "dirty", "despicable" and "obscene". When describing the weather, it often means " vile”.
Usage 2 of dirty: dirty can be used as an attributive, predicate or object complement in a sentence. Its comparative form is dirty, and its superlative form is dirtyest.
Usage 3 of dirty: dirty can be modified with very or really, but cannot be modified with completely or absolutely.
Usage 4 of dirty: Add the definite article the before dirty, which can be used as a noun to mean "dirty things".