begrime

  • 121tarnish — [v] dirty, corrupt befoul, begrime, blacken, blemish, blot, contaminate, damage, darken, defame, defile, dim, discolor, disgrace, dull, embarrass, grime, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lose luster, lose shine, mar, muddy, pale, pollute, rust,… …

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  • 122toil — toil1 [toil] vi. [ME toilen < Anglo Fr toiler, to strive, dispute < OFr toeillier, to pull about, begrime < L tudiculare, to stir about < tudicula, small machine for bruising olives < tudes, mallet < base of tundere, to beat… …

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  • 123colly — verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty don t soil your clothes when you play outside! • Syn: ↑dirty, ↑soil, ↑begrime, ↑grime, ↑bemire • Ant: ↑clean (for …

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  • 124muck up — verb 1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑ …

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  • 125muddy up — verb dirty with mud • Syn: ↑muddy • Hypernyms: ↑dirty, ↑soil, ↑begrime, ↑grime, ↑colly, ↑bemire • Verb Frames …

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  • 126becoom — bə̇ˈküm, bē transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: be + coom soot Britain : to begrime with smut or soot * * * becoom, becost, becovet, becoward see be …

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