GRIME

dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge

(noun) the state of being covered with unclean things

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

Noun

grime (uncountable)

Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

(music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

Verb

grime (third-person singular simple present grimes, present participle griming, simple past and past participle grimed)

To begrime; to cake with dirt.

Anagrams

• gerim

Proper noun

Grime

An English surname, probably derived from Old Norse grimr or grimmr

Anagrams

• gerim

Source: Wiktionary


Grime, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime, Icel. gr mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel, soot, smut, and E. grimace.]

Definition: Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

Grime, v. t.

Definition: To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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