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All begrime synonyms

beΒ·grime
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verb begrime

  • darken β€” If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
  • coat β€” A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
  • dirty β€” soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
  • blot β€” If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
  • smudge β€” a dirty mark or smear.
  • deface β€” If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
  • smear β€” to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
  • spatter β€” to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
  • dab β€” DAB is the transmission of digital stereo over conventional radio channels. DAB is an abbreviation for 'digital audio broadcasting'.
  • blacken β€” To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
  • clog β€” When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
  • choke β€” When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
  • twist β€” to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
  • catch β€” If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
  • daub β€” When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way.
  • degrade β€” Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
  • dim β€” DIM statement
  • harm β€” a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
  • mar β€” to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
  • damage β€” To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
  • defame β€” If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
  • impair β€” to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
  • hurt β€” to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • dull β€” not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
  • soil β€” the act or fact of soiling.
  • befoul β€” to make dirty or foul; soil; defile
  • shade β€” the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
  • deepen β€” If a situation or emotion deepens or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger and more intense.
  • cloud β€” A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.
  • ink β€” a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
  • ebonize β€” to stain or finish black in imitation of ebony.
  • sully β€” to soil, stain, or tarnish.
  • smirch β€” to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc.
  • speckle β€” a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin.
  • besmear β€” to smear over; daub
  • spot β€” a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
  • plaster β€” a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
  • grime β€” dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
  • cover β€” If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • varnish β€” a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • splatter β€” an act or instance of splattering.
  • paint β€” a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • spread β€” to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • fleck β€” a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
  • dirty β€” soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
  • variegate β€” to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors.
  • stain β€” a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
  • blur β€” A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast.
  • defile β€” To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
  • smutch β€” to smudge or soil.
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