Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.

synonyms: bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil.

Roget 653: be unclean, become unclean etc. adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink etc. 401; mold, molder; go bad etc. adj.. render unclean etc. adj.; dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch^†, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease^†; dabble, drabble^†, draggle, daggle^†; spatter, slubber; besmear &c., bemire, beslime^†, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain^†, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt etc. (injure) 659; cover with dust etc. n.; drabble in the mud^†; roil.    wallow in the mire; slobber, slabber^†.    ... show more

Dutch: Schotse herdershond, grond, bodem