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- Dictionarypolluted/pəˈlo͞odəd/
adjective
- 1. contaminated with harmful or poisonous substances: "one of Europe's most polluted rivers"
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spoiled by something: Supply chains become polluted with counterfeit goods. Fewer examples. Some beaches are very polluted and it would not be reasonable for us to put the public at risk. Polluted rivers that run through highly populated regions eventually make their way into the seas.
Polluted definition: made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted. See examples of POLLUTED used in a sentence.
to make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, especially by adding harmful chemicals: The pesticides used on many farms are polluting the water supply. We won't invest in any company that pollutes the environment.
a. : to make physically impure or unclean : befoul, dirty. b. : to contaminate (an environment) especially with man-made waste. polluter noun. pollutive. pə-ˈlü-tiv. adjective. Synonyms. befoul. contaminate. defile.
May 21, 2024 · Pollution, addition of any substance or form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than it can be dispersed or stored in a harmless form. The major kinds of pollution are usually classified by environment and include air, water, and land pollution. Learn more about the history of pollution.
to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke. Synonyms: befoul, soil. Antonyms: purify. to make morally unclean; defile. Synonyms: deprave, debase, corrupt, vitiate, contaminate, taint. Antonyms: purify. to render ceremonially impure; desecrate: to pollute a house of worship.
to make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, especially by adding harmful chemicals: The pesticides used on many farms are polluting the water supply. We won't invest in any company that pollutes the environment.
May 10, 2024 · pollute. (pəluːt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense pollutes , present participle polluting , past tense, past participle polluted. verb. To pollute water, air, or land means to make it dirty and dangerous to live in or to use, especially with poisonous chemicals or sewage .
to add dirty or harmful substances to land, air, water, etc. so that it is no longer pleasant or safe to use. pollute something the exhaust fumes that are polluting our cities. pollute something by/with something The river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories. (figurative) a society polluted by racism.
a. : the action of polluting. especially : the action of making an environment unsuitable or unsafe for use by introducing man-made waste. Abandoned mining and milling operations are already implicated in pollution of the river with toxic and radioactive waste products … Larry Brown. b. : the condition of being polluted.
