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Is the word, dirty, often used as the verb?
My dictionary says dirty is also verb.
But I know it is more likely used as adjective.
That is why I am asking this.
4 Answers
- bluebellbkkLv 79 months agoFavorite Answer
Yes, we use the word more often as an adjective, but that doesn't mean we don't use it quite often as a verb too.
Be careful, don't dirty your shoes!Oh why have you dirtied so many dishes!
- Anonymous9 months ago
No
and please learn the difference between commas and quotation-marks
- leabeeLv 49 months ago
It can be used as verb, as in "I don't want to dirty the carpet, so I will take off my shoes". But it's not used too often in casual speech, most people would say "I don't want to make a mess on the carpet", or something similar.
More often, we'd use 'soil' if we really wanted a verb to express it - so for instance - "I don't want to soil my clothes" or "the baby will soil his diapers", or "this scandal soiled his reputation."
- Anonymous9 months ago
The word ''dirty'' is an adjective.to make a verb from it you say ''dirtying'' or '' make dirty''