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grime

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grime  (grm)
n.
Black dirt or soot, especially such dirt clinging to or ingrained in a surface.
tr.v. grimed, grim·ing, grimes
To cover with black dirt or soot; begrime.

[Middle English grim; akin to Middle Dutch grme; see ghri- in Indo-European roots.]

grime
Noun
ingrained dirt
Verb
[griming, grimed]
to make very dirty: sweat-grimed faces [Middle Dutch]
grimy adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.grimegrime - the state of being covered with unclean things
dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
Verb1.grime - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
foul - make unclean; "foul the water"
contaminate, pollute, foul - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
slime - cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"
muddy, muddy up - dirty with mud
splash - soil or stain with a splashed liquid
mud, muck up, muck, mire - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
crock - soil with or as with crock
blemish, spot - mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished"

grime
noun dirt, filth, soot, smut, grot (slang)
Translations
Spanish grime [graɪm] nmugre f
French grime [graɪm] ncrasse f
German grime [graɪm] nDreck m, Schmutz m
Italian grime [graɪm] nsudiciume m

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I must get rid of this grime, and I have a million things to do and think of.
The grime and sordidness of the House of the Seven Gables seemed to have vanished since her appearance there; the gnawing tooth of the dry-rot was stayed among the old timbers of its skeleton frame; the dust had ceased to settle down so densely, from the antique ceilings, upon the floors and furniture of the rooms below,--or, at any rate, there was a little housewife, as light-footed as the breeze that sweeps a garden walk, gliding hither and thither to brush it all away.
Then, as he noted my white skin through the coating of grime and blood that covered me, his eyes went wide and in an altered tone he whispered: "Can it be that you are a Holy Thern?
 
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