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- [puh-loot]
- /pəˈlut/
- /pəˈluːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-loot]
- /pəˈlut/
Definitions of pollute word
- verb with object pollute to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke. 1
- verb with object pollute to make morally unclean; defile. 1
- verb with object pollute to render ceremonially impure; desecrate: to pollute a house of worship. 1
- verb with object pollute Informal. to render less effective or efficient: The use of inferior equipment has polluted the company's service. 1
- transitive verb pollute air, water: contaminate 1
- transitive verb pollute corrupt morally 1
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Origin of pollute
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Pollute
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pollute popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
pollute usage trend in Literature
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verb pollute
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
adj pollute
- crawler — A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search.
- filler — an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
- harrier — one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
- infest — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
adjective pollute
- worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
Antonyms for pollute
verb pollute
- aerified — to aerate.
- aerify — to change or cause to change into a gas
- antisepticize — to treat with an antiseptic
- autoclave — a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
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