grime

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See also: Grime, grimé, and grimë

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English grim (dirt or soot covering the face), from a specialized note of Old English grīma (mask), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (mask).

Possibly influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel, Middle Dutch grime, Middle Low German greme (dirt), compare Danish grimet (soiled, stripy), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (soiled, stripy), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (soiled, stripy).

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹaɪm/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪm

Noun[edit]

grime (uncountable)

  1. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
    Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.
  2. (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

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Verb[edit]

grime (third-person singular simple present grimes, present participle griming, simple past and past participle grimed)

  1. To begrime; to cake with dirt.
    • 1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine[1]:
      All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.
    • 1920, Harold Bindloss, Lister's Great Adventure[2]:
      Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.
    • 1918, Harold Bindloss, The Buccaneer Farmer[3]:
      His skin was grimed with dust, for he had ridden hard in scorching heat, and was anxious and impatient to get on.

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Danish[edit]

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hest med grime

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse gríma f, from Proto-Germanic *grimô m (mask; visor). Cognates include English grime and grimace.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grime

  1. a halter
  2. a facial stripe

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

grime

  1. inflection of grimer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

grime f or m (definite singular grima or grimen, indefinite plural grimer, definite plural grimene)

  1. a halter

Verb[edit]

grime (present tense grimer, past tense grima or grimet, past participle grima or grimet)

  1. (transitive) to halter

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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hest med grime

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse gríma f, from Proto-Germanic *grimô m (mask; visor). Cognates include English grime and grimace. The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grime f (definite singular grima, indefinite plural grimer, definite plural grimene)

  1. a halter
  2. a facial stripe

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Verb[edit]

grime (present tense grimar, past tense grima, past participle grima, passive infinitive grimast, present participle grimande, imperative grime/grim)

  1. (transitive) to halter

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Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

grime m (uncountable)

  1. (music) grime (a genre of urban music)

Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of West Flemish origin.

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grime (third-person singular simple present grimes, present participle grimein, simple past grimet, past participle grimet)

  1. (archaic) To sprinkle, fleck, or to cover with a layer of fine material (e.g. snow, dust).

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

grime m (plural grimes)

  1. grime (music genre)

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch grim; see the verb grimmen (to roar, be wrathful).

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Noun[edit]

grime c (no plural)

  1. anger, wrath

Further reading[edit]

  • grime (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011