"pollute" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pəˈluːt/, /pəˈljuːt/ Audio: en-us-pollute.ogg Forms: more pollute [comparative], most pollute [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|polluten|}} Middle English polluten, {{der|en|la|pollūtum|}} Latin pollūtum Head templates: {{en-adj}} pollute (comparative more pollute, superlative most pollute)
  1. (rare) Polluted; defiled. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (polluted): saastunut (Finnish), pilaantunut (Finnish), pollué (French), poluído (Portuguese)
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Verb

IPA: /pəˈluːt/, /pəˈljuːt/ Audio: en-us-pollute.ogg Forms: pollutes [present, singular, third-person], polluting [participle, present], polluted [participle, past], polluted [past]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|polluten|}} Middle English polluten, {{der|en|la|pollūtum|}} Latin pollūtum Head templates: {{en-verb}} pollute (third-person singular simple present pollutes, present participle polluting, simple past and past participle polluted)
  1. (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. Tags: transitive Translations (to make something harmful): ndot (Albanian), ndoh (Albanian), μιαίνω (miaínō) (Ancient Greek), μολύνω (molúnō) (Ancient Greek), замърсявам (zamǎrsjavam) (Bulgarian), ညစ်ညမ်း (nyacnyam:) (Burmese), znečistit [perfective] (Czech), polui (Esperanto), saastuttaa (Finnish), polluer (French), verschmutzen (German), 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisauljan) (Gothic), polutar (Ido), éilligh (Irish), truailligh (Irish), inquinare (Italian), inquinō (Latin), polluo (Latin), polluten (Middle English), skazić (Polish), zanieczyszczać [imperfective] (Polish), zanieczyścić [perfective] (Polish), contaminar (Portuguese), poluir (Portuguese), загрязня́ть (zagrjaznjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), загрязни́ть (zagrjaznítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), truaill (Scottish Gaelic), contaminar (Spanish), polucionar (Spanish), забру́днювати (zabrúdnjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), забрудни́ти (zabrudnýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), llygru (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pollute-en-verb-LOjQiyFi Disambiguation of 'to make something harmful': 78 22 0 0
  2. (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor. Tags: transitive Translations (to make something or somewhere less suitable): polluer (French), poluir (Portuguese), sujar (Portuguese), truaill (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-pollute-en-verb-HiZ-n6~f Disambiguation of 'to make something or somewhere less suitable': 20 74 4 2
  3. To corrupt or profane
    Sense id: en-pollute-en-verb-KO6Q05P6
  4. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
    Sense id: en-pollute-en-verb-8VSSucMC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: polluter, self-pollute Related terms: pollutant, pollution

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version, Revelation 21:8",
          "text": "But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death."
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          "ref": "1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version, Revelation 21:8",
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      "sense": "to make something harmful",
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      "word": "ညစ်ညမ်း"
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      "sense": "to make something harmful",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to make something harmful",
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      "sense": "to make something harmful",
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      "sense": "to make something harmful",
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      "sense": "to make something harmful",
      "word": "polucionar"
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      "sense": "to make something harmful",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "word": "llygru"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to make something or somewhere less suitable",
      "word": "polluer"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to make something or somewhere less suitable",
      "word": "poluir"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to make something or somewhere less suitable",
      "word": "sujar"
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