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- [dih-turj]
- /dɪˈtɜrdʒ/
- /dɪ.ˈtɜːdʒ/
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- [dih-turj]
- /dɪˈtɜrdʒ/
Definitions of deterge word
- verb deterge to wash or wipe away; cleanse 3
- verb transitive deterge to cleanse (a wound, etc.) 3
- verb with object deterge to wipe or wash away; cleanse. 1
- verb with object deterge to cleanse of impurities or undesirable matter, as a wound. 1
- noun deterge Cleanse thoroughly. 1
- verb deterge To clean of undesirable material. 0
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Origin of deterge
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; (< F) < Latin dētergēre to wipe off, equivalent to dē- de- + tergēre to wipe
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Parts of speech for Deterge
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
deterge popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
deterge usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for deterge
verb deterge
- bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
- scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
- soak — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- dredge — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
Antonyms for deterge
verb deterge
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- worsen — Make or become worse.
- corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- pollute — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
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