grime
Collocations
2(noun.)
VERB + GRIME
be covered in/with
PHRASES
a layer of grime
The old window had accumulated such a heavy layer of grime that light barely came through.
Definitions
noun
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.
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
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
A surname from Old Norse.
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6Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.
Wiktionary[…] ſhe ſweats a man may go ouer ſhoes in the grime of it.
WiktionaryNanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
WiktionaryAll grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.
WiktionaryFog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.
WiktionaryHis skin was grimed with dust, for he had ridden hard in scorching heat, and was anxious and impatient to get on.
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