Definitions for pollute
pəˈlutpol·lute

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pollute, foul, contaminateverb

   make impure

   "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. polluteverb

   To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.

   The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.

2. polluteverb

   To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.

   The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.

3. polluteverb

   To corrupt or profane

4. polluteadjective

   Polluted.

5. Etymology: From polluten, from pollutum, from pollutus, perfect passive participle of polluo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To POLLUTEverb

   Etymology: polluo, Lat. polluer, Fr.

   1. To make unclean, in a religious sense; to defile.

   Hot and peevish vows
   Are polluted offerings, more abhorr’d
   Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. William Shakespeare.

   2. To taint with guilt.

   She woos the gentle air,
   To hide her guilty front with innocent snow,
   And on her naked shame,
   Pollute with sinful blame,
   The saintly veil of maiden white to throw. John Milton.

   3. To corrupt by mixtures of ill.

   Envy you my praise, and would destroy
   With grief my pleasures, and pollute my joy? Dryden.

   4. John Milton uses this word in an uncommon construction.

   Polluted from the end of his creation. John Milton.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pollute

   Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Although environmental pollution can be caused by natural events, the word pollution generally implies that the contaminants have an anthropogenic source – that is, a source created by human activities. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. In 2015, pollution killed nine million people worldwide (one in six deaths). This remained unchanged in 2019, with little real progress against pollution being identifiable. Air pollution accounted for 3⁄4 of these earlier deaths.Major forms of pollution include air pollution, light pollution, litter, noise pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, visual pollution, and water pollution.

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1. pollute

   To pollute means to contaminate or make an environment, such as air, water, or soil, impure or harmful by introducing unclean or toxic substances. It can also mean to corrupt or degrade something with undesirable influences or effects.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Polluteverb

   to make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement

2. Polluteverb

   to violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor

3. Polluteverb

   to render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse

4. Polluteadjective

   polluted

5. Etymology: [L. pollutus.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pollute

   pol-lūt′, v.t. to soil: to defile: to make foul: to taint: to corrupt: to profane: to violate.—adj. defiled.—adj. Pollut′ed.—adv. Pollut′edly.—ns. Pollut′edness; Pollut′er; Pollū′tion, act of polluting: state of being polluted: defilement. [L. polluĕre, pollutus—pol, towards, luĕre, to wash.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pollute in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pollute in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of pollute in a Sentence

1. Alexander Rukshin:

   The results of the tests of this air ammunition have shown that it can be compared with a nuclear weapon by its efficiency and capabilities, at the same time, I particularly want to emphasize that the impact from this ammunition does not pollute the environment in any way compared to a nuclear munition.

2. Joerg Weigl:

   As soon as you make it stable and possible as a fun activity, a fun activity is what people want and if people want this, it's a product and as soon as it's a product, it's a commercial market (product). That's very simple and it's a commercial market (product) that doesn't pollute the environment, so that is a nice thing.

3. Alden Meyer:

   The first rule of holes is that when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. And we're still digging the hole deeper by paying people to pollute and to produce and use more carbon, it's insane.

4. John Kerry:

   This is not a free license to come in and pollute like crazy, it's got to be a responsible effort to in the short term fill a gap, but with a clear plan for where you're heading in terms of reducing emissions.

5. Eli Bremer:

   When we push our production to third-world countries, they pollute their lands, we are going to third-world countries and demanding that they pillage their lands so that we can have green technologies.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pollute
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pollute
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pollute
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollute
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollute
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pollute