grime
UK /ɡɹaɪm/ US /ɡɹaɪm/
noun 2verb 1name 1
Definitions
noun
1
Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.
[…] ſhe ſweats a man may go ouer ſhoes in the grime of it.
2
A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
verb
1
To begrime; to cake with dirt.
All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.
Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.
name
1
A surname from Old Norse.
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