pollute, foul, contaminate
(verb) make impure; “The industrial wastes polluted the lake”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pollute (third-person singular simple present pollutes, present participle polluting, simple past and past participle polluted)
(transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
(transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
(dated) To corrupt or profane
To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
pollute (comparative more pollute, superlative most pollute)
(rare) Polluted; defiled.
Source: Wiktionary
Pol*lute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Polluting.] Etym: [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to wash. See Position, Lave.]
1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. The land was polluted with blood. Ps. cvi. 38 Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. 2 Esd. xv. 6.
2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
3. (Jewish Law)
Definition: To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. Num. xviii. 32. They have polluted themselves with blood. Lam. iv. 14.
Syn.
– To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch; dishonor; ravish.
Pol*lute", a. Etym: [L. pollutus.]
Definition: Polluted. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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