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pollutepollute /pəˈlut/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYpolluteOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin, past participle of polluere VERB TABLEpollute |
| Present | I, you, we, they | pollute | | he, she, it | pollutes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | polluted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have polluted | | he, she, it | has polluted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had polluted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will pollute | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have polluted |
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| Present | I | am polluting | | he, she, it | is polluting | | you, we, they | are polluting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was polluting | | you, we, they | were polluting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been polluting | | he, she, it | has been polluting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been polluting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be polluting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been polluting |
► polluting ... minds Violent movies and video games are polluting our children’s minds. THESAURUSnot clean► dirty not clean: How did the floor get so dirty? There was a stack of dirty dishes in the sink. ► filthy very dirty: The carpet was filthy – I didn’t even want to walk on it. ► dusty covered with dust: There were piles of dusty books around the room. ► muddy covered in mud: Take off those muddy hiking boots before you come in the house. ► greasy covered with a lot of oil or grease (=an oily substance): There were greasy fingerprints on the glasses. ► grimy covered in a lot of dirt, grease, etc. that seems to be stuck onto the surface: The mechanic wiped his grimy hands on a towel. ► soiled formal made dirty, especially by waste from your body: We use this pail for soiled diapers. ► polluted made dirty from chemicals or waste. Used about air, land, or water: You can’t swim in the river – it’s too polluted. ► contaminated formal not safe to use because of harmful chemicals or bacteria. Used about water, food, or land: Several people became sick after drinking contaminated water. 1earth science to make air, water, soil, etc. dangerously dirty and not good enough for people to use: beaches polluted by raw sewagepollute something with something The factory pollutes the air with hydrogen sulfide.2to spoil or ruin something that used to be good SYN corrupt: Money has polluted the democratic spirit of American politics.3to give someone immoral thoughts and make his or her character bad SYN corrupt: Violent movies and video games are polluting our children’s minds.—polluted adjective: polluted rivers► see thesaurus at dirty1—polluter noun [countable]: a list of the country’s worst polluters |