verschmutzen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- filthy adj Extremely dirty.
- foul adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
- pollute verb To make air, water, or land dirty or harmful, usually by adding waste or chemicals.
- smirch noun A mark of dirt, or a stain.
- soil noun The loose top layer of earth in which plants grow, made up of minerals, organic matter, and nutrients.
Senses
verschmutzen is used for these senses in English:
- filthy (transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
- foul (transitive) To besmirch.
- pollute (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- smirch (transitive, archaic) To dirty; to make dirty.
- soil (transitive) To make dirty.
- soil To make invalid, to ruin.
filthy — full definition
- adj Extremely dirty.
- adj Obscene or offensive.
foul — full definition
- adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
- adj Vulgar or abusive, especially referring to language.
- verb To make something dirty, blocked, or tangled.
- verb In sports, to break a rule through illegal contact with an opponent.
- noun A violation of a game's rules, often involving contact with another player.
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