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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 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

  1. adj Extremely dirty.
  2. adj Obscene or offensive.

foul — full definition

  1. adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
  2. adj Vulgar or abusive, especially referring to language.
  3. verb To make something dirty, blocked, or tangled.
  4. verb In sports, to break a rule through illegal contact with an opponent.
  5. noun A violation of a game's rules, often involving contact with another player.

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