BEGRIME

dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

(verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; “don’t soil your clothes when you play outside!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

begrime (third-person singular simple present begrimes, present participle begriming, simple past and past participle begrimed)

(transitive) To make something dirty; to soil.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*grime", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begrimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Begriming.]

Definition: To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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