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.
corrupt
(adjective) lacking in integrity; âhumanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adamâs creationâ; âa corrupt and incompetent city governmentâ
corrupt, tainted
(adjective) touched by rot or decay; âtainted baconâ; ââcorruptâ is archaicâ
corrupt, corrupted
(adjective) containing errors or alterations; âa corrupt textâ; âspoke a corrupted version of the languageâ
crooked, corrupt
(adjective) not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
corrupt, spoil
(verb) alter from the original
defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud
(verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; âsully someoneâs reputationâ
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
(verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; âThis judge can be boughtâ
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; âdebauch the young people with wine and womenâ; âSocrates was accused of corrupting young menâ; âDo school counselors subvert young children?â; âcorrupt the moralsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corrupt (comparative more corrupt, superlative most corrupt)
In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
• Nouns to which "corrupt" is often applied: practice, state, country, nation, regime, city, government, person, man, politician, leader, mayor, judge, member, minister, file, database, document, woman.
• corrupted
corrupt (third-person singular simple present corrupts, present participle corrupting, simple past and past participle corrupted)
(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
(intransitive) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*rupt` (kr-rpt"), a. Etym: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]
1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. Knolles.
2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. Shak.
3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.
Cor*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrupting.]
1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1. Cor. xv. 33.
3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. Shak.
4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. Locke.
5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 19.
Cor*rupt" (kr-rpt"), v. i.
1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. Bacon.
2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; âinventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobilesâ
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.