grime

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.

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

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grime

Noun

ingrained dirt

Verb

[griming, grimed]

to make very dirty: sweat-grimed faces [Middle Dutch]

grimy adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grime - the state of being covered with unclean things grunge, soil, dirt, filth, grease, stain dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
Verb	1.	grime - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, soil 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"

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grime

noun dirt, filth, soot, smut, grot (slang)

Translations

grime [graɪm] n → mugre f

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grime [graɪm] n → crasse f

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grime [graɪm] n → Dreck m, Schmutz m

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grime [graɪm] n → sudiciume m