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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution;
- Example: "had to boil the contaminated water"
- Example: "polluted lakes and streams"
[syn: contaminated, polluted]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Polluted \Pol*lut"ed\, a. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. -- Pol*lut"ed*ly, adv. -- Pol*lut"ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pollute \Pol*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Polluting.] [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to wash. See Position, Lave.] 1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. [1913 Webster] The land was polluted with blood. --Ps. cvi. 38 [1913 Webster] Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. --2 Esd. xv. 6. [1913 Webster] 2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor. [1913 Webster] 3. (Jewish Law) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. [1913 Webster] Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. --Num. xviii. 32. [1913 Webster] They have polluted themselves with blood. --Lam. iv. 14. [1913 Webster] Syn: To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch; dishonor; ravish. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

polluted adj 1: rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams" [syn: contaminated, polluted]