begrime

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /bɪˈɡraɪm/ UK /bɪˈɡraɪm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to make dirty with soot, grime, or dirt

Years of smoke had begrimed the cottage windows.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make dirty with soot,... soil dirty besmirch befoul blacken smear sully

Opposites

cleanse clean scour

Word family

Derived forms begrimedbegriming

Related forms grime grimy

Etymology

From the intensive prefix be- + grime. Grime derives from Middle English, related to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German grime ('dirt, soot'), from Proto-Germanic.

be- Old English *grīmô Proto-Germanic

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# begrime

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /bɪˈɡraɪm/
**IPA (UK):** /bɪˈɡraɪm/

## Meanings
1. to make dirty with soot, grime, or dirt

## Examples
- Years of smoke had begrimed the cottage windows.

## Synonyms
- soil
- dirty
- besmirch
- befoul
- blacken
- smear
- sully

## Antonyms
- cleanse
- clean
- scour

## Derived Forms
- begrimed
- begriming

## Related Forms
- grime
- grimy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: be-
- Root: *grīmô

## Etymology
From the intensive prefix be- + grime. Grime derives from Middle English, related to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German grime ('dirt, soot'), from Proto-Germanic.

## AI Etymology
Begrime is from the intensive prefix be- + grime. Grime derives from Middle English, related to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German grime ('dirt, soot'), from Proto-Germanic. Important recorded forms include be- (Old English) and *grīmô (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to make dirty with soot, grime, or dirt. The wider family includes derived forms such as begrimed and begriming and related words such as grime and grimy.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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