polluted
Use Polluted in a sentence
tɪd adjective
1.
made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
2.
Slang. drunk.
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verb (used with object), pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing.
1.
to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
2.
to make morally unclean; defile.
3.
to render ceremonially impure; desecrate: to pollute a house of worship.
4.
Informal. to render less effective or efficient: The use of inferior equipment has polluted the company's service.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English polute < Latin pollūtus past participle of polluere to soil, defile, equivalent to pol-, assimilated variant of por- (see pollicitation; here marking the action as complete) + -lū- base of -luere (akin to lutum mud, dirt, lustrum muddy place) + -tus past participle suffix
1325–75; Middle English polute < Latin pollūtus past participle of polluere to soil, defile, equivalent to pol-, assimilated variant of por- (see pollicitation; here marking the action as complete) + -lū- base of -luere (akin to lutum mud, dirt, lustrum muddy place) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
pol·lut·er, noun
pol·lu·tive, adjective
non·pol·lut·ing, adjective
un·pol·lut·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. soil, befoul. 2. taint, contaminate, vitiate, corrupt, debase, deprave.
1. soil, befoul. 2. taint, contaminate, vitiate, corrupt, debase, deprave.
Antonyms
1, 2. purify.
1, 2. purify.
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World English Dictionary
pollute (pəˈluːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to contaminate, as with poisonous or harmful substances |
| 2. | to make morally corrupt or impure; sully |
| 3. | to desecrate or defile |
| [C14 polute, from Latin polluere to defile] | |
| pol'luter | |
| —n | |
| polluted (pəˈluːtɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | made unclean or impure; contaminated |
| 2. | slang (US) intoxicated; drunk |
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Medical Dictionary
pollute pol·lute (pə-l&oomacr;t')
v. pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing, pol·lutes
To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter; contaminate.
To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors.
pol·lut'er n.
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Slang Dictionary
polluted definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
They feel a sense of guilt, a fear of being polluted-of secularization.
He was dumbfounded when he was barred from stepping onto the oil-polluted beach without having his hands and shoes decontaminated.
Our air is polluted, our water is contaminated and dwindling.
The entire planet is badly polluted including the oceans, atmosphere, skies and the space above us.
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