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1. (v.t.) pollute
to make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products; contaminate:
to pollute the air with smoke.
2. pollute
to make impure or morally unclean; defile; debase:
to pollute the mind with bigotry.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME polute < L pollūtus, ptp. of polluere to soil, defile)
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| Definition of 'pollute' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) pollute, foul, contaminate
make impure
"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
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1. (verb) pollute
to make water, air, etc. dirty with pollution
The lake has been badly polluted by the factory.; a polluted environment/atmosphere
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1. (adj) pollute
polluted
2. (verb) pollute
to make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement
3. (verb) pollute
to violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor
4. (verb) pollute
to render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse
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Sense: to make dirty
Chemicals are polluting the air.
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 Afrikaans: besoedel |
 Arabic: يُلَوِّث |
 Bulgarian: замърсявам |
 Brazilian: poluir |
 Czech: znečistit |
 German: verschmutzen |
 Danish: forurene |
 Greek: μολύνω, ρυπαίνω |
 Spanish: contaminar |
 Estonian: saastama |
 Farsi: آلوده کردن |
 Finnish: saastuttaa |
 French: polluer |
 Hebrew: לְזֵהם |
 Hindi: अपवित्र करना, दूषित करना, |
 Croatian: zaprljati.zagaditi |
 Hungarian: (be)szennyez |
 Indonesian: mencemari |
 Icelandic: menga |
 Italian: inquinare |
 Japanese: 汚染する |
 Korean: 오염시키다 |
 Lithuanian: teršti |
 Latvian: piesārņot |
 Malay: mencemarkan |
 Dutch: vervuilen |
 Norwegian: forurense |
 Polish: zanieczyszczać |
 Persian: آلوده کردن |
 Pashto: ككړول، چټلول |
 Portuguese: poluir |
 Romanian: a polua |
 Russian: загрязнять |
 Slovak: znečistiť |
 Slovenian: onesnažiti |
 Serbian: zagaditi |
 Swedish: förorena |
 Thai: ทำให้สกปรก |
 Turkish: kirletmek |
 Taiwanese: 污染 |
 Ukrainian: забруднювати |
 Urdu: آلودہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: ô nhiễm |
 Chinese: 污染 |
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