[syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grime \Grime\, v. t.
To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grime
n 1: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn:
dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease,
grunge]
v 1: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes
when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime,
grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean, make clean]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "grime":
begrime, bemire, bemud, besmoke, besoil, dirt, dirty, dirty up,
dust, filth, foul, mire, muck, muck up, mud, muddy, scum, slime,
smirch, smoke, smooch, smudge, smut, soot, tarnish