grime

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
grime
    n 1: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn:
         {dirt}, {filth}, {grime}, {soil}, {stain}, {grease},
         {grunge}]
    v 1: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes
         when you play outside!" [syn: {dirty}, {soil}, {begrime},
         {grime}, {colly}, {bemire}] [ant: {clean}, {make clean}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grime \Grime\, v. t.
   To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grime \Grime\, n. [Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime,
   Icel. gr[imac]ma mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel,
   soot, smut, and E. grimace.]
   Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply
   ingrained.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "grime":
      begrime, bemire, bemud, besmoke, besoil, dirt, dirty, dirty up,
      dust, filth, foul, mire, muck, muck up, mud, muddy, scum, slime,
      smirch, smoke, smooch, smudge, smut, soot, tarnish
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