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verb
- To corrupt or profane
- To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
- (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
- (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- make impure
adj
verb
- To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
- (transitive, military, rare) Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”).
- To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
- (religion) To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
- To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- spot, stain, or pollute
noun
- A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
- An act of marching in files or lines.
- A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
- (military, rare) An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see corrupt, practice.
- (criminal law, UK, Commonwealth, Hong Kong) A group of serious electoral offences (as opposed to illegal practices), which generally includes bribery, treating and undue influence towards voters.
- (criminal law, US) Predicate crimes underlying racketeering.
verb
- To corrupt.
- (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
- (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
- (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
- (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- (intransitive) To move in a file.
- (transitive) (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.
- (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.
- proceed in line
- smooth with a file
- place in a container for keeping records
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- file a formal charge against
noun
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
- A roll or list.
- (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
- A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
- A course of thought; a thread of narration.
- (chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
- (Canada, US) Clipping of file cabinet.
- A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
- a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
- a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
- a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
verb
- (transitive) To debase or morally corrupt.
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- (transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
- (transitive) To make something ineffective, to invalidate.
- make imperfect
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
noun
- an act that debases or corrupts
- declaring or rendering bastard
- The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
- The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
- (more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
- Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.
- (by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
- Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
verb
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- alter from the original
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
- To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
- To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
adj
- containing errors or alterations
- lacking in integrity
- touched by rot or decay
- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
- Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
verb
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- (transitive) To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
- (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
verb
noun
verb
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- to misinterpret designedly.
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
noun
verb
adj
- not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- not concerned with or devoted to religion
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
- Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
- Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
- Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
noun
verb
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- to raze to the ground, also figuratively
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
noun
noun
- a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
- (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
- (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
- break down
- become physically weaker
noun
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- Decaying matter.
- (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
adj
- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
- Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
- Of food, covered in an array of indulgent toppings.
- Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
- (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.
- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
- (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
- (cellular automata) Producing much ash.
- Of color, discolored by impurities.
- Of an audio recording: containing unwanted noise.
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
- (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
- Out of tune.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- violating accepted standards or rules
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- unethical or dishonest
- vile; despicable
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- unpleasantly stormy
adv
noun
verb
adj
- morally corrupt or evil
- Morally corrupt.
- of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
- in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
- Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from 14th c.]
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
- Totally objectionable.
- Vile, disgusting.
adj
- Morally corrupt.
- (computing, programming, slang) Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- morally bad or wrong
- having the nature of vice
- having or exerting a malignant influence
noun
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- morally objectionable behavior
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
verb
- To achieve (some result; specifically, perjury) in a corrupt manner.
- (also figuratively) To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
- (specifically, criminal law) To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.
- induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
- incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
- procure (false testimony or perjury)
adj
- (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
- (Newfoundland) ill-tempered; grumpy; cranky.
- Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
- Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
- having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
- irregular in shape or outline
- having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
verb
verb
- To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
- To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
- To make false by mutilation or addition. [from 17th c.]
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
noun
noun
- Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.
- Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
- Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
- undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
- the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
- the state of being polluted
adj
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
- Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
- Of light: cloudy, opaque.
- (euphemistic) Soiled with feces.
- Of an image: blurry or dim.
- Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
- Not clear.
- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- (chiefly literary, poetic) Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
- Dirty, filthy.
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
- (of soil) soft and watery
noun
verb
- To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- (also figuratively) Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
- Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
- (figuratively) To become contaminated or impure.
- To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
- To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
- cause to become muddy
- make turbid
- dirty with mud
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To make something less corrupt or unseemly.
- (video games) To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.
- (transitive) To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
- finish attending to
- put (things or places) in order
- make oneself clean, presentable or neat
- make a big profit; often in a short period of time
noun
verb
- To defame or sully.
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
- (transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
- (intransitive, ergative) To become black.
- (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
- make or become black
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
noun
- The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
- The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- (computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
- The product of corruption; putrid matter.
- (metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)
- The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
- The decomposition of biological matter.
- Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
- Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.
- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
- in a state of progressive putrefaction
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
verb
- corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- communicate a disease to
- affect in a contagious way
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
adj
adj
- Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
- Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
- Wayward; vexing; contrary.
- (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
- Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
noun
adj
noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see corrupt, practice.
- (criminal law, UK, Commonwealth, Hong Kong) A group of serious electoral offences (as opposed to illegal practices), which generally includes bribery, treating and undue influence towards voters.
- (criminal law, US) Predicate crimes underlying racketeering.
noun
- an act that debases or corrupts
- declaring or rendering bastard
- The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
- The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
- (more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
- Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.
- (by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
- Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
noun
- a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
- (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
- (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
noun
- Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement.
- Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
- Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
- undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
- the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
- the state of being polluted
noun
- The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
- The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- (computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
- The product of corruption; putrid matter.
- (metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)
- The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
- The decomposition of biological matter.
- Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
- Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.
- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
- in a state of progressive putrefaction
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
noun
adj
verb
- To corrupt or profane
- To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
- (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
- (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- make impure
adj
verb
- To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
- (transitive, military, rare) Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”).
- To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
- (religion) To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
- To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- spot, stain, or pollute
noun
- A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
- An act of marching in files or lines.
- A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
- (military, rare) An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
verb
- To corrupt.
- (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
- (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
- (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
- (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
- (intransitive) To move in a file.
- (transitive) (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.
- (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.
- proceed in line
- smooth with a file
- place in a container for keeping records
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- file a formal charge against
noun
- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
- A roll or list.
- (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
- A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.
- A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
- A course of thought; a thread of narration.
- (chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
- (Canada, US) Clipping of file cabinet.
- A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
- a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
- a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
- a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
verb
- (transitive) To debase or morally corrupt.
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- (transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
- (transitive) To make something ineffective, to invalidate.
- make imperfect
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
verb
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- alter from the original
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- (transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
- To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
- To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
adj
- containing errors or alterations
- lacking in integrity
- touched by rot or decay
- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
- Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
- Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
- In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
- In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
verb
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- (transitive) To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
- (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
verb
noun
verb
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
- change the inherent purpose or function of something
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- to misinterpret designedly.
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
noun
verb
adj
- not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- not concerned with or devoted to religion
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
- Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
- Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
- Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
noun
verb
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- to raze to the ground, also figuratively
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
- break down
- become physically weaker
noun
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- Decaying matter.
- (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
verb
- To achieve (some result; specifically, perjury) in a corrupt manner.
- (also figuratively) To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
- (specifically, criminal law) To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.
- induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
- incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
- procure (false testimony or perjury)
verb
- To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
- To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
- To make false by mutilation or addition. [from 17th c.]
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
noun
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To make something less corrupt or unseemly.
- (video games) To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.
- (transitive) To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
- finish attending to
- put (things or places) in order
- make oneself clean, presentable or neat
- make a big profit; often in a short period of time
noun
verb
- To defame or sully.
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
- (transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
- (intransitive, ergative) To become black.
- (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
- make or become black
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
verb
- corrupt with ideas or an ideology
- communicate a disease to
- affect in a contagious way
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
adj
adj
- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
- Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
- Of food, covered in an array of indulgent toppings.
- Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
- (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.
- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
- (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
- (cellular automata) Producing much ash.
- Of color, discolored by impurities.
- Of an audio recording: containing unwanted noise.
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
- (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
- Out of tune.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- violating accepted standards or rules
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- unethical or dishonest
- vile; despicable
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- unpleasantly stormy
adv
noun
verb
adj
- morally corrupt or evil
- Morally corrupt.
- of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
- in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
- Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from 14th c.]
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
- Totally objectionable.
- Vile, disgusting.
adj
- Morally corrupt.
- (computing, programming, slang) Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odor, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- morally bad or wrong
- having the nature of vice
- having or exerting a malignant influence
noun
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- morally objectionable behavior
- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
adj
- (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
- (Newfoundland) ill-tempered; grumpy; cranky.
- Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
- Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
- having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
- irregular in shape or outline
- having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
verb
adj
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
- Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
- Of light: cloudy, opaque.
- (euphemistic) Soiled with feces.
- Of an image: blurry or dim.
- Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
- Not clear.
- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- (chiefly literary, poetic) Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
- Dirty, filthy.
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck
- (of soil) soft and watery
noun
verb
- To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- (also figuratively) Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
- Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
- (figuratively) To become contaminated or impure.
- To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
- To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
- cause to become muddy
- make turbid
- dirty with mud
adj
- Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
- Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
- Wayward; vexing; contrary.
- (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
- Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict