begrime

== English == === Etymology === From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; abundantly; all around; all over’) +‎ grime (“to cake with dirt”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈɡɹaɪm/ (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈɡɹaɪm/ Rhymes: -aɪm Hyphenation: be‧grime === Verb === begrime (third-person singular simple present begrimes, present participle begriming, simple past and past participle begrimed) (transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dirty Antonyms: see Thesaurus:make clean ==== Derived terms ==== begrimed (adjective) begrimer begriming (noun) ==== Related terms ==== grime grimy ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === dirt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia