Definition of colly Colly
/kɑˈli/ - [kalee] - col•ly
We found 10 definitions of colly from 5 different sources.
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What does colly mean?
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| colly - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" | ||
| dirty, soil, begrime, grime, bemire | ||
| make clean, clean remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| foul become soiled and dirty | ||
| pollute, contaminate, foul make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" | ||
| smear make a smudge on; soil by smudging | ||
| slime cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim" | ||
| muddy up, muddy make turbid; "muddy the water" | ||
| splash mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow" | ||
| muck up, mud, muck, mire plaster with mud | ||
| crock soil with or as with crock | ||
| blemish, spot mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- colly (n.)
The black grime or soot of coal. - colly (v. t.)
To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. - colly (n.)
A kind of dog. See Collie.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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colly
kol′li, v.t. to begrime with coal-dust: (Shak.) to darken.—p.adj. Col′lied. [See Coal.]
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🔤- colly, verb, present, 1st person singular of colly (infinitive).
- colly, verb (infinitive).
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