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Grime

Grime Meaning & Definition
Grime Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grime?

[n] the state of being covered with unclean things
[v] make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grime: begrime | bemire | colly | dirt | dirty | filth | grease | grunge | soil | soil | stain

Related Terms | Find terms related to Grime: begrime | bemire | bemud | besmoke | besoil | dirt | dirty | dirty up | dust | filth | foul | mire | muck | muck up | mud | muddy | scum | slime | smirch | smoke | smooch | smudge | smut | soot | tarnish

See Also | alter | blemish | change | contaminate | crock | dirtiness | foul | mire | muck | muck up | mud | muddy | muddy up | pollute | slime | smear | splash | spot | uncleanness

Grime In Webster's Dictionary

\Grime\, n. [Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime, Icel. gr[imac]ma mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel, soot, smut, and E. grimace.] Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.
\Grime\, v. t. To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. --Shak.

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