English > grime: 2 senses > verb 1, contactMeaning | make soiled, filthy, or dirty. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | dirty, soil, begrime, colly, bemire |
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Narrower | blemish, spot | mar or impair with a flaw |
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crock | Soil with or as with crock |
foul | make unclean |
mire, muck, mud, muck up | Soil with mud, muck, or mire |
muddy, muddy up | dirty with mud |
pollute, foul, contaminate | make impure |
slime | Cover or stain with slime |
smear | stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance |
splash | Soil or stain with a splashed liquid / liquid |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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Opposite | clean, make clean | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from |
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Spanish | emporcar, enmugrecer, ensuciar, manchar |
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Catalan | embrutar-se, embrutar, embrutir, empastifar, emporcar-se, enllardar-se, ensutzar, pastifejar, sollar, tacar |
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Nouns | grime | the state of being covered with unclean things |
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