Definitions for grime

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Spelling: [grahym]
IPA: /graɪm/

Grime is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in grime (egimr).

Definitions for grime

noun

  1. dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
  2. a style of music influenced by rap, ragga, etc., and characterized by lyrics and imagery that reference the dark side of urban life.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cover with dirt; make very dirty; soil.

Origin of grime

1250-1300; Middle English grim; apparently special use of Old English grīma ‘mask’, to denote layer of dust; compare dialectal Dutch grijm

Examples for grime

Restorers completed a 12-year project in 1998 that cleaned decades of grime from the ceiling.

A single diamond glittered from the dirt and grime that soiled her finger.

That grime came from the cigarette smoke of millions of commuters.

The dust and soot drift in and settle on our clothes, and grime our hands and face.

It is just a sordid affair of mud, shell-holes, corpses, grime and filth.

The grime was perpetually renewed; scrubbing only ground it in.

“I am looking to get into the grime rap UK scene,” he told The Sun.

Winford, foul with grime and his clothing torn to rags, stood there.

Cars have national attributes and GM wants their luxury line to grab the glitz of New York instead of the grime of Detroit.

It was like beholding a dainty flower in the grime and brutality of the branding pen.

Word Value for grime
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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