pollute

[pol·lute]

Pollute is a verb that means to make something dirty or impure. You can pollute a river by pouring waste into it, or you can pollute your body by eating way too much candy.

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To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.

Verb
make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

v. t.
To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.

v. t.
To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.

v. t.
To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse.

a.
Polluted.

Pollute

Pol*lute" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Polluting.] [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to wash. See Position, Lave.] 1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.
The land was polluted with blood.
Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth.
2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor. 3. (Jewish Law) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse.
Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
They have polluted themselves with blood.
Syn. -- To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch; dishonor; ravish.

Pollute

Pol*lute", a. [L. pollutus.] Polluted. [R.] Milton.

To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.

Polluted.

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Usage Examples

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product.