ALL meanings of contaminate
con·tam·i·nate
C c - verb contaminate If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful. 3
- verb contaminate to make impure, esp by touching or mixing; pollute 3
- verb contaminate to make radioactive by the addition of radioactive material 3
- abbreviation CONTAMINATE contaminated 3
- verb transitive contaminate to make impure, infected, corrupt, radioactive, etc. by contact with or addition of something; pollute; defile; sully; taint 3
- transitive verb contaminate pollute 1
- noun contaminate Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance. 1
- verb with object contaminate to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage. 1
- verb with object contaminate to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to: to contaminate a laboratory. 1
- noun contaminate something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant. 1
- adjective contaminate Obsolete. contaminated. 1
- verb contaminate (Transitive Verb) To introduce impurities or foreign matter to. 0
- verb contaminate (Transitive Verb) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association. 0
- verb contaminate (Transitive Verb) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements. 0