begrime

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be·grime

(bĭ-grīm′)

tr.v. be·grimed, be·grim·ing, be·grimes

To smear or soil with or as if with dirt.

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begrime

(bɪˈɡraɪm)

(tr) to make dirty; soil

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be•grime

(bɪˈgraɪm)

v.t. -grimed, -grim•ing.

to make grimy.

[1545–1555]

begrime

Past participle: begrimed
Gerund: begriming

Imperative
begrime
begrime

Present
I begrime
you begrime
he/she/it begrimes
we begrime
you begrime
they begrime

Preterite
I begrimed
you begrimed
he/she/it begrimed
we begrimed
you begrimed
they begrimed

Present Continuous
I am begriming
you are begriming
he/she/it is begriming
we are begriming
you are begriming
they are begriming

Present Perfect
I have begrimed
you have begrimed
he/she/it has begrimed
we have begrimed
you have begrimed
they have begrimed

Past Continuous
I was begriming
you were begriming
he/she/it was begriming
we were begriming
you were begriming
they were begriming

Past Perfect
I had begrimed
you had begrimed
he/she/it had begrimed
we had begrimed
you had begrimed
they had begrimed

Future
I will begrime
you will begrime
he/she/it will begrime
we will begrime
you will begrime
they will begrime

Future Perfect
I will have begrimed
you will have begrimed
he/she/it will have begrimed
we will have begrimed
you will have begrimed
they will have begrimed

Future Continuous
I will be begriming
you will be begriming
he/she/it will be begriming
we will be begriming
you will be begriming
they will be begriming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been begriming
you have been begriming
he/she/it has been begriming
we have been begriming
you have been begriming
they have been begriming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been begriming
you will have been begriming
he/she/it will have been begriming
we will have been begriming
you will have been begriming
they will have been begriming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been begriming
you had been begriming
he/she/it had been begriming
we had been begriming
you had been begriming
they had been begriming

Conditional
I would begrime
you would begrime
he/she/it would begrime
we would begrime
you would begrime
they would begrime

Past Conditional
I would have begrimed
you would have begrimed
he/she/it would have begrimed
we would have begrimed
you would have begrimed
they would have begrimed

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Verb

begrime - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

foul - make unclean; "foul the water"

contaminate, pollute, foul - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

slime - cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"

muddy, muddy up - dirty with mud

splash - soil or stain with a splashed liquid

mud, muck up, muck, mire - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

crock - soil with or as with crock

blemish, spot - mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished"

begrime

verb

To make dirty:

befoul, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil, sully.

Translations

begrime

[bɪˈgraɪm] VT (liter) → tiznar, ensuciar

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begrime

vt → beschmutzen

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