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GRIME

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being covered with unclean things

Synonyms:

dirt; filth; grease; grime; grunge; soil; stain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("grime" is a kind of...):

dirtiness; uncleanness (the state of being unsanitary)

Derivation:

grime (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)

grimy (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Example:

don't soil your clothes when you play outside!

Synonyms:

begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "grime" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grime"):

foul (make unclean)

contaminate; foul; pollute (make impure)

smear (stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance)

slime (cover or stain with slime)

muddy; muddy up (dirty with mud)

splash (soil or stain with a splashed liquid)

mire; muck; muck up; mud (soil with mud, muck, or mire)

crock (soil with or as with crock)

blemish; spot (mar or impair with a flaw)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

grime (the state of being covered with unclean things)

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