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View synonyms for begrime

begrime

[ bih-grahym ]

verb (used with object)

, be·grimed, be·grim·ing.
  1. to make grimy.


begrime

/ bɪˈɡraɪm /

verb

  1. tr to make dirty; soil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of begrime1

First recorded in 1545–55; be- + grime
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Example Sentences

He’s spent most of the past couple of days sitting on the begrimed concrete outside a bustling 7-Eleven.

One model has emerged in Utah, where a once-promising conservative leader, Sen. Mike Lee, begrimed his character in sycophantic service to Trump.

And in the firerooms, begrimed sailors frantically shoveled coal into the boilers.

The flag was worn and begrimed with age, and almost a century old.

As Farrell, Fleming and King worked in the museum’s Batten Conservation Complex, other equally begrimed museum conservators and archaeologists lent a hand.

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