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DIRTYING
soiling, soilure, dirtying
(noun) the act of soiling something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dirtying
present participle of dirty
Noun
dirtying (plural dirtyings)
A soiling or making dirty.
Source: Wiktionary
DIRTY
Dirt"y, a. [Compar. Dirtier; superl. Dirtiest.]
1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser.
2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. Locke.
3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. The creature's at his dirty work again. Pope.
4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold.
Syn.
– Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.
Dirt"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dirtying.]
1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.
2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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