grime Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being covered with unclean things
    grease; filth; dirt; soil; grunge; stain.
  2. verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
    begrime; soil; bemire; dirty; colly.
    • don't soil your clothes when you play outside!

WordNet

Grime noun
Etymology
Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime, Icel. grma mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel, soot, smut, and E. grimace.
Definitions
  1. Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.
Grime transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To sully or soil deeply; to dirt. Shak.

Webster 1913