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English Dictionary: polluted	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for polluted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polluted adj rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams" Synonym(s): contaminated, polluted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polluted \Pollut"ed\, a. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. -- {Pollut"edly}, adv. -- {Pollut"ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pollute \Pollute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polluting}.] [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to wash. See {Position}, {Lave}.] 1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. The land was polluted* with blood. --Ps. cvi. 38 Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. --2 Esd. xv. 6. 2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor. 3. (Jewish Law) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. --Num. xviii. 32. They have polluted themselves with blood. --Lam. iv. 14. Syn: To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch; dishonor; ravish.