dirtying
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3.0
Making something dirty, for example clothes or walls
- noun
- /ˈdɜrtiɪŋ/
:
ensuciamiento
- The dirtying of the white tablecloth was inevitable with so many children at the party.
Examples
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She was frustrated by the constant dirtying of her favorite shirt during cooking.
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But for you guys, just make it in the bag and it'll save some time and also save dirtying some dishes.
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Cleaning up after the dirtying of the garage took several hours.
Synonyms
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3.9
An act of making something dirty, often with food or body waste
is used for making something dirty in general not especially with bodily waste
9.9
An action that makes a place or object dirty
focuses on the single act rather than an ongoing process
9.1
Dirt or mess that makes something dirty
focuses on the action of making something dirty instead of the resulting dirt
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dirtying comes from dirty, which comes from the simple word dirt, meaning 'filth' or 'something unclean'. The -ing ending turns a verb into the action, so dirtying is the act of making something 'unclean'.