dirtying
present participle ofdirty
dirty
verb[T]
uk/ˈdɜː.ti/us/ˈdɝː.t̬i/to make something dirty:
Don'tsiton thefloor- you might dirtyyourdress.
Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- blot
- clutter
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- mark
- mess
- mix
- mixsomeone/somethingup
- muddle
- muddlesomethingup
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- recontaminate
- soil
- stain
- tarnish
Idiom
dirty your hands
Examplesofdirtying
dirtying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In order to start from here, we must first start from there, and that meansdirtyingour hands with long-forgotten primary sources.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The insistence on the gentlemanly status of the figures is maintained since they are shown standing, engrossed in thought or conversing rather than at work,dirtyingtheir hands.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Makeup is applied before dressing to avoiddirtyingthe kimono.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Last years study revealed that 75% of dishcloths were extremely dirty indicating that when people think they are cleaning, they are actuallydirtying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The idea was to create art by soaking, staining,dirtyingor outright destroying the wedding gown.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A household or workplace may be said to exhibit cleanliness, but not ordinarily purity; cleanliness also would be a characteristic of the people who maintain cleanness or preventdirtying.
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