pollute
Meaning of pollute
verb
- contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances.
the explosion polluted the town with dioxin
late Middle English: from Latin pollut- ‘soiled, defiled’, from the verb polluere, based on the root of lutum ‘mud’.
Information about pollute
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of pollute is: pollutes.
- Languages in which pollute is used:
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Hyphenation of pollute
pol-lute
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- pollute is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pollute synonyms
Meaning foul:
Meaning render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance:
Meaning contaminate or pollute (something):
Meaning adulterate or contaminate with poison:
Meaning make dirty; pollute:
Meaning make dirty:
Meaning the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles:
Meaning have a severely detrimental effect on:
Meaning contaminate (air, water, etc.) with harmful organisms:
pollute antonyms
Meaning make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from:
Meaning remove contaminants from:
Translation of pollute
- German: entheiligen, entweihen
- Spanish: profanar, contaminar, impurificar, emponzoñar
- Italian: dissacrare, sconsacrare, contaminare, inquinare
- French: désacraliser, polluer, contaminer
Words that rhyme with pollute
lute, intersalute, resalute, salute, ablute, Clute, Selute, belute, elute, flute, spitzflute, waldflute, Quinaglute, deglute, englute, glute, quinaglute, archlute, archilute, dilute, overdilute, undilute, Klute, ballute, depollute, impollute, repollute, vellute, enlute, unlute, Absolute, Involute, absolute, basisolute, circumvolute, consolute, convolute, devolute, dissolute, evolute, indissolute, intervolute, involute, irresolute, mandolute, nonabsolute, obvolute, osmolute, overresolute, resolute
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