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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27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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