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.
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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.
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