dictionary definitions for "grime"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  grime
      n : the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt,
           filth, soil, stain, grease, grunge]
      v : make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when
          you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime,
          colly, bemire] [ant: clean]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grime \Grime\, v. t.
     To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grime \Grime\, n. [Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime,
     Icel. gr[imac]ma mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel,
     soot, smut, and E. grimace.]
     Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply
     ingrained.
     [1913 Webster]


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