Definition of pollute Pollute
/pʌluˈt/ - [pulut] - pol•lute
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| pollute - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" | ||
| foul, contaminate | ||
| begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" | ||
| taint, infect contaminate with a disease or microorganism | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pollute (v. t.)
To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. - pollute (v. t.)
To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor. - pollute (v. t.)
To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. - pollute (a.)
Polluted.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pollute
To remove the consecration from a person or an object. -
pollute
To make impure.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pollute
pol-lūt′, v.t. to soil: to defile: to make foul: to taint: to corrupt: to profane: to violate.—adj. defiled.—adj. Pollut′ed.—adv. Pollut′edly.—ns. Pollut′edness; Pollut′er; Pollū′tion, act of polluting: state of being polluted: defilement. [L. polluĕre, pollutus—pol, towards, luĕre, to wash.]
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🔤- pollute, verb, present, 1st person singular of pollute (infinitive).
- pollute, verb (infinitive).
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