"grime" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹaɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grime.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aɪm Etymology: From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized note of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”). Possibly influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel, Middle Dutch grime, Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰrey-}}, {{inh|en|enm|grim||dirt or soot covering the face}} Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), {{inh|en|ang|grīma|t=mask}} Old English grīma (“mask”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grīmô|t=mask}} Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”), {{cog|nl|grijmsel}} Dutch grijmsel, {{cog|dum|grime}} Middle Dutch grime, {{cog|gml|greme|t=dirt}} Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), {{cog|da|grimet|t=soiled, stripy}} Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), {{cog|nb|grimete|t=soiled, stripy}} Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), {{cog|nn|grimete|t=soiled, stripy}} Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} grime (uncountable)
  1. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (Dirt that is ingrained and difficult to remove): мръсотия (mrǎsotija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кир (kir) [feminine] (Bulgarian), brutícia [feminine] (Catalan), sutge [masculine] (Catalan), sutja [feminine] (Catalan), 污垢 (wūgòu) (Chinese Mandarin), (zažraná) špína [feminine] (Czech), afval (Dutch), viezigheid (Dutch), pinttynyt lika (Finnish), pinttymä (Finnish), karsta (Finnish), töhnä (english: greasy) (Finnish), crasse (French), saleté (French), cotra [feminine] (Galician), lorda [feminine] (Galician), Schmutz (German), Ruß (German), kosz (Hungarian), piszok (Hungarian), mocsok (Hungarian), incrostazione [feminine] (Italian), sporco ostinato (Italian), pakānoni (Maori), encardimento [masculine] (Portuguese), въевшаяся грязь (vʺjevšajasja) [feminine] (Russian), garež [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mugre (Spanish), fet smuts [neuter] (Swedish), smuts [neuter] (Swedish), sot [neuter] (Swedish), krāke (Tocharian B), леп (lep) [masculine] (Ukrainian), бруд (brud) [masculine] (Ukrainian), parddu [masculine] (Welsh), baw [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-grime-en-noun-OB6JwkiN Disambiguation of Hygiene: 51 44 4 Disambiguation of 'Dirt that is ingrained and difficult to remove': 96 4
  2. (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Hygiene, Musical genres Translations (A type of music): grime (Finnish), grime [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-grime-en-noun-VhQHTLj6 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 51 44 4 Disambiguation of Musical genres: 5 87 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 55 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 60 25 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'A type of music': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grimeless, grimy, rhythm and grime

Verb

IPA: /ɡɹaɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grime.wav [Southern-England] Forms: grimes [present, singular, third-person], griming [participle, present], grimed [participle, past], grimed [past]
Rhymes: -aɪm Etymology: From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized note of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”). Possibly influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel, Middle Dutch grime, Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰrey-}}, {{inh|en|enm|grim||dirt or soot covering the face}} Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), {{inh|en|ang|grīma|t=mask}} Old English grīma (“mask”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grīmô|t=mask}} Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”), {{cog|nl|grijmsel}} Dutch grijmsel, {{cog|dum|grime}} Middle Dutch grime, {{cog|gml|greme|t=dirt}} Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), {{cog|da|grimet|t=soiled, stripy}} Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), {{cog|nb|grimete|t=soiled, stripy}} Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), {{cog|nn|grimete|t=soiled, stripy}} Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} grime (third-person singular simple present grimes, present participle griming, simple past and past participle grimed)
  1. To begrime; to cake with dirt. Derived forms: begrime
    Sense id: en-grime-en-verb-IFN1gBOV

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for grime meaning in English (13.7kB)

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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹaɪm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grime.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-grime.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-grime.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-grime.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-grime.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "grime"
  ],
  "word": "grime"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": grjazʹ vs. vʺjevšajasja",
  "path": [
    "grime"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "grime",
  "trace": ""
}

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