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dirty
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dirty \Dirt"y\, a. [Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.] 1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. [1913 Webster] The creature's at his dirty work again. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. [1913 Webster] Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. --M. Arnold. Syn: Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dirty \Dirt"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dirtying.] 1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands. [1913 Webster] 2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale,
pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; neutral; white] [Also
See: achromatic, colorless.]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style;
definitions should be colorless.
[1913 Webster]
3. having lost its normal color.
Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated,
whitened}; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy;
dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; {dull, sober,
somber, subfusc}] colored
Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
