Complete Definition of "pollute"

English

Verb
en-verb|pollut|ing

  1. transitive To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.

#: The factory polluted the river when it cleaned it's tanks.

  1. transitive To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.

#: The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.

Translations
trans-top|to make something harmful
Finnish: saastuttaa
trans-mid
Portuguese: contaminar, poluir
trans-bottom

trans-top|to make something or somewhere less suitable
Portuguese: poluir, sujar
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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ttbc|Interlingua: polluer

Adjective
pollute

  1. rare Polluted.

Translations
Portuguese: poluído m, poluída f

References
R:Webster 1913

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