pollute
11pollute — verb (T) 1 to make air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use: beaches polluted by raw sewage | industrial emissions that pollute the air 2 pollute sb s mind to give someone immoral thoughts and spoil their… …
12pollute — polluter, n. pollutive, adj. /peuh looht /, v.t., polluted, polluting. 1. to make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke. 2. to make morally unclean; defile. 3. to render ceremonially… …
13pollute — verb Pollute is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑waste Pollute is used with these nouns as the object: ↑air, ↑atmosphere, ↑environment, ↑stream, ↑water …
14pollute — pol|lute [pəˈlu:t] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of polluere] 1.) to make air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use ▪ beaches polluted by raw sewage ▪ The factory pollutes the air and… …
15pollute — to affect in a taboo manner Literally, to corrupt or make dirty. To pollute yourself is to masturbate, while to pollute a female was to copulate with her extramaritally. Polluted may describe being drunk or under illegal narcotic… …
16pollute */ — UK [pəˈluːt] / US [pəˈlut] verb [transitive] Word forms pollute : present tense I/you/we/they pollute he/she/it pollutes present participle polluting past tense polluted past participle polluted 1) to make air, water, or land too dirty and… …
17pollute — pol•lute [[t]pəˈlut[/t]] v. t. lut•ed, lut•ing 1) ecl to make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products; contaminate: to pollute the air with smoke[/ex] 2) to make impure or morally unclean; defile; debase: to pollute the mind …
18pollute — [[t]pəlu͟ːt[/t]] pollutes, polluting, polluted VERB To pollute water, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage. [V n] Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious… …
19pollute — verb 1》 contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances. 2》 defile or corrupt. Derivatives pollutant adjective &noun polluter noun pollution noun Origin ME: from L. pollut , polluere pollute, defile , based on the root of… …
20pollute — transitive verb (polluted; polluting) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere, from por (akin to Latin per through) + luere (akin to Latin lutum mud, Greek lyma dirt, defilement) more at for Date: 14th century… …
