pollute

pollute is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.
2. transitive verb. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
3. transitive verb. To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse.
4. adjective. Polluted.
5. verb. make impure

   "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

   Synonyms: contaminate, foul

Synonyms

contaminate, foul

Common word forms

polluted, polluter, pollutes, polluting

Words from these letters

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