Definition
To make very dirty or grimy; to coat with dirt, grime, or soot.
Etymology
From be- (prefix) + grime (from earlier English grim + the suffix -e, or directly from grime meaning 'dirt'). Grime became a separate noun referring specifically to ground-in dirt and soot.
Kelly Says
Industrial Revolution poets loved the word 'begrime'—it perfectly captured how factory smoke and coal soot would cover everything in Victorian cities. Charles Dickens and other writers used it to describe the permanent, inescapable dirt of urban life.
Translations
CACatalà
embrunir
em-bru-ne-er
CSČeština
zneplatit
zne-pla-tit
DEDeutsch
verschmutzen
fer-shmut-zen
ELΕλληνικά
βρώμικη
vro-mee-kee
ESEspañol
ensuciar
en-soo-thee-ar
FAفارسی
لکه دار
lakhe-daar
FISuomi
liukastaa
li-u-kas-taa
HIहिन्दी
धुँधला करना
dhu-ndhla-karna
HUMagyar
bepiszkolni
be-pee-sh-kol-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
becek
be-cek
ITItaliano
sporcare
spo-ka-reh
KO한국어
더럽히다
deo-reop-hi-da
MSBahasa Melayu
berkot
ber-kot
NLNederlands
besmeuren
be-smeu-ren
PLPolski
brudzić
brood-zich
PTPortuguês
sujar
soo-zhar
RUРусский
загрязнить
za-glazy-nit
SWKiswahili
chafu
cha-foo
TEతెలుగు
పచ్చగా
patch-cha-ga
TRTürkçe
kirletmek
kir-let-mek
UKУкраїнська
забруднити
za-broo-dnyty