ALL meanings of adulterate
a·dul·ter·ate
A a - adjective adulterate adulterated; not genuine 3
- verb adulterate If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. 3
- verb adulterate to debase by adding inferior material 3
- adjective adulterate adulterated; debased or impure 3
- verb transitive adulterate to make inferior, impure, not genuine, etc. by adding a harmful, less valuable, or prohibited substance 3
- adjective adulterate guilty of adultery; adulterous 3
- transitive verb adulterate substance: make impure 1
- transitive verb adulterate corrupt, contaminate 1
- verb with object adulterate to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article): to adulterate food. 1
- adjective adulterate impure or debased; cheapened in quality or purity. 1
- abbreviation ADULTERATE adulterous. 1
- noun adulterate Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one. 1
- verb adulterate To corrupt. 0
- verb adulterate To spoil by adding impurities. 0
- verb adulterate To commit adultery. 0
- verb adulterate To defile by adultery. 0
- adjective adulterate Tending to commit adultery. 0
- adjective adulterate Corrupted; impure; adulterated. 0