filth

«filth» in Mova's school dictionary: very bad, disgusting dirt — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (filth — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Filth is very bad, disgusting dirt. tree →

2) (informal) Filth is rude, offensive words, pictures or talk. tree →

3) (UK slang, rude, offensive) «The filth» is a rude word for the police; it is insulting. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows poverty or neglect (filth in the streets of Victorian London); in science and health, dirt and germs. In speech, adults may call rude jokes or magazines «filth». Phrases: covered in filth, live in filth, (slang) the filth.

examples

• The pigsty was full of filth. tree →
• Victorian streets were covered in filth and smoke. tree →
• Wash the filth off your boots. tree →
• Germs grow in filth, so we keep the kitchen clean. tree →
• Grandad called the rude song «filth» and turned it off. tree →
• (UK slang, rude) In the TV drama the robber shouted, «Run, it's the filth!» tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: filthy (very dirty). «Filthy rich» (informal) means very rich. The police meaning is offensive slang; do not use it.

In the corpora

• It hath wearied itself with toil; yet its great filth goeth not forth out of it, yea, its noisome filth.
• Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «filth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.