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English Dictionary: grime by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grime
n
  1. the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge]
v
  1. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
    Synonym(s): dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
    Antonym(s): clean, make clean
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grime \Grime\, n. [Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime,
      Icel. gr[imac]ma mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel,
      soot, smut, and E. grimace.]
      Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply
      ingrained.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grime \Grime\, v. t.
      To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. --Shak.
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