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Word · 単語
to pollute
  1. 1 to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain
  2. 2 to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile — esp. けがす
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • You may take this book as long as you keep it clean.

    sense 2 · to disgrace

  • You may borrow this book as long as you keep it clean.

    sense 1 · to pollute

  • Also my bedding got dirt on it.

  • I got my hands quite dirty.

  • Cigarette smoke fouls the air in a room.

    sense 2 · to disgrace

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