Meaning

• Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.

  "Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen."

• Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.

  "He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites."

• (with definite article) The police.

  "We were in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived."

• A vile or disgusting person.

• Weeds growing on pasture land.

  "Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe."