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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pol•lute /pəˈlut/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -lut•ed, -lut•ing. - Ecologyto make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products;
contaminate:to pollute the air with smoke. - to make morally unclean;
defile;
debase:to pollute the mind with bigotry.
pol•lut•er, n. [countable]All polluters will be heavily fined. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pol•lute (pə lo̅o̅t′),USA pronunciation v.t., -lut•ed, -lut•ing. - Ecologyto make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products;
dirty:to pollute the air with smoke. - to make morally unclean;
defile. - to render ceremonially impure;
desecrate:to pollute a house of worship. - Informal Termsto render less effective or efficient:The use of inferior equipment has polluted the company's service.
- Latin pollūtus past participle of polluere to soil, defile, equivalent. to pol-, assimilated variant of por- (see pollicitation; here marking the action as complete) + -lū- base of -luere (akin to lutum mud, dirt, lustrum muddy place) + -tus past participle suffix
- Middle English polute 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged soil, befoul.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged taint, contaminate, vitiate, corrupt, debase, deprave.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged purify.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pollute /pəˈluːt/ vb (transitive)- to contaminate, as with poisonous or harmful substances
- to make morally corrupt or impure; sully
- to desecrate or defile
Etymology: 14th Century polute, from Latin polluere to defilepolˈluter n |