| Main Entry: | muck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse |
Synonyms: |
dung, manure, mire, mud, slime, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | muck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | messy substance |
Synonyms: |
dirt, dung, filth, garbage, goo, gook, gunk, manure, mud, ooze, refuse, sewage, slime, sludge, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grime, impurity |
Synonyms: |
crud, dreck, dregs, excrement, feculence, filth, filthiness, gook, ground, gunk, mire, muck, mud, rottenness, scuz, sleaze, slime, smudge, smut, soil, stain, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, pureness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
Antonyms: |
decide, direct, guide, set |
| Main Entry: | drudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
back to the salt mines, dig, grind*, hammer*, keep nose to grindstone, labor, muck, perform, plod, plow, plug away, pound*, schlepp, slave, slog, sweat, toil, travail |
Antonyms: |
avoid, be lazy, dodge, hesitate, idle |
| Main Entry: | earth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ground, soil |
Synonyms: |
alluvium, clay, clod, coast, compost, deposit, dirt, dry land, dust, fill, glebe, gravel, humus, land, loam, marl, mold, muck, mud, peat moss, sand, shore, sod, subsoil, surface, terra firma, terrain, terrane, topsoil, turf |
| Main Entry: | filth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt, pollution |
Synonyms: |
carrion, contamination, corruption, crud, defilement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, feculence, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, refuse, rottenness, sediment, sewage, silt, sleaze, slime, slop, sludge, slush, smut, trash, uncleanness |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, purity, sterility |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
Synonyms: |
bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Main Entry: | goo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sticky substance |
Synonyms: |
crud, glop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, sludge, slush, yuck |
| Main Entry: | grime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt |
Synonyms: |
crud, dust, film, filth, gook, gunk, muck, smudge, smut, soil, soot, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, purity |