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[ adjective ] soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Examples "dirty unswept sidewalks" "a child in dirty overalls" "dirty slums" "piles of dirty dishes" "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet" "wore an unclean shirt" "Cinderella did the dirty work" Used in print (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)Harris has indicated that two devices , the Launder-Ometer and Terg-O-Tometer are most widely used for rapid detergent testing , and he has listed the commercially available standard soiled fabrics . The soiled fabrics used for rapid testing of detergent formulations are made in such a way that only part of the soil is removed by even the best detergent formulation in a single wash . Stains , which include the wide variety of nonparticulate materials which give color even when present in very low concentration on the soiled object . The dirt on the soiled objects is mechanically held by surface irregularities to some extent . In_addition , dirt particles can be held onto a soiled surface by sticky substances or by the surface_tension of liquids , including liquid greases . |
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