I. verb
1.
Synonyms: contaminate 1, defile, pollute, taint
Antonyms: purify
2.
to make or become unclean
a shirt soiled with grease and grime
Synonyms: begrime, besoil, dirty, foul, grime, muck, ||mucky, muddy, murk, smirch, smooch, smudge, smutch, tarnish; compare stain 1
Related Word: ||becoom, ||benasty, ||nasty; bedaub, daub, smear; drabble, draggle; mess, spoil
Contrasted words: brighten, cleanse, freshen, renew; purify
Antonyms: clean
3.
Synonyms: taint 1, besmear, besmirch, defile, discolor, smear, stain, sully, tar, tarnish
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: earth 2, dirt, dry land, ground, land, terra firma
2.
Synonyms: country , fatherland, home, homeland, land, mother country, motherland