Definition of pollute in English:

pollute

verb pəˈluːtpəˈlut

[with object]

1Contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances.
the explosion polluted the town with dioxin
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet, it costs nothing, and will cost nothing until our skies become so polluted that air worth breathing requires labour.
- Pesticides used to treat the flowers also pollute ground water.
- Replacing used water bottles with new containers made from virgin resources consumes energy and pollutes the air, land and water.
- Intensive use of pesticides and fertilizers seriously pollutes our water, soil, and air.
- The fact is that etching chips requires the use of caustic chemicals that pollute the air and water.
- The result is that fish waste pollutes the water, which becomes the perfect habitat for green algae to form.
- The traffic congestion that wastes time and energy and pollutes the air we breathe has reached its limit across the nation.
- Changing the by-law that protects us will only benefit the lobbyists who are promoters of the industry which will further pollute our air and water.
- The same giant livestock facilities that pollute our air and water are also the perfect breeding grounds for super-tough microbes.
- A new medical study says they are more susceptible to some forms of cancer than the average Italian, possibly due to illegal waste dumps that pollute the water and soil.
- At least when you are home you can sit in your own Cadillacs for hours in the rush traffic and pollute the air as much you like, destroying the ozone layer and blame it on us smokers.
- Unfortunately, Perc is also a suspected carcinogen which pollutes air and water supplies.
- If oil tankers spill, if we keep throwing toxic waste in the ocean, if we do everything that pollutes the waters of the seven seas, lakes and rivers, the sea animals will suffer the exact same way we are.
- When washed off, these substances drain away to pollute public water resources.
- We're better off leaving it in the ground rather than polluting our air and the globe by burning it.
- Loss of habitat, prey, and polluted waters are some of the risks that alligators already face.
- The spill polluted the water, damaged the coastal ecological system and disrupted fishing in the area.
- A factory polluting your air or water supply is a typical example of one.
- The rural population rarely has sewage systems, and so surface water is badly polluted.
- If the hourly application rate is excessive, runoff could pollute surface waters or flood adjoining areas.
Synonyms
contaminate, adulterate, taint, poison, befoul, foul, dirty, soil, blight, make filthy, infect
1. 1.1 Defile or corrupt.
  a society polluted by greed
  Example sentencesExamples
  They have polluted the minds of Taiwanese and obstructed the progress of society.
  We find imprecations against people who break laws, defile a sanctuary, commit perjury, or pollute a grave, amongst other things.
  The condemned is reduced to a body to be kept and then eliminated in a ‘ritual expulsion of that which pollutes and defiles’.
  You may enjoy short-term TV exposure and media headlines, but even the media are pillars of the polluting society.
  On the other hand, his ability to corrupt and pollute the moral atmosphere of the earth, should he pervert his way, is greater than anyone else's.
  Yet corruption pollutes society by lowering the authority of public office, and it lowers economic efficiency by destroying the principle of fair competition and imposes unnecessary costs on the private sector.
  Pollution traditionally involved an act of defilement and desecration; in previous times, to pollute was to profane, to stain, to sully, to corrupt.
  Synonyms
  corrupt, poison, warp, pervert, deprave, defile, blight, debauch, sully, besmirch, desecrate, violate

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin pollut- 'soiled, defiled', from the verb polluere, based on the root of lutum 'mud'.

Pollute is from Latin polluere ‘to soil, defile’, formed from lutum ‘mud’.

Rhymes

acute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute

Definition of pollute in US English:

pollute

verbpəˈlo͞otpəˈlut

[with object]

1Contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances.
the explosion polluted the town with dioxin
Example sentencesExamples
- When washed off, these substances drain away to pollute public water resources.
- A new medical study says they are more susceptible to some forms of cancer than the average Italian, possibly due to illegal waste dumps that pollute the water and soil.
- The same giant livestock facilities that pollute our air and water are also the perfect breeding grounds for super-tough microbes.
- If oil tankers spill, if we keep throwing toxic waste in the ocean, if we do everything that pollutes the waters of the seven seas, lakes and rivers, the sea animals will suffer the exact same way we are.
- The result is that fish waste pollutes the water, which becomes the perfect habitat for green algae to form.
- Unfortunately, Perc is also a suspected carcinogen which pollutes air and water supplies.
- The fact is that etching chips requires the use of caustic chemicals that pollute the air and water.
- We're better off leaving it in the ground rather than polluting our air and the globe by burning it.
- Intensive use of pesticides and fertilizers seriously pollutes our water, soil, and air.
- A factory polluting your air or water supply is a typical example of one.
- The traffic congestion that wastes time and energy and pollutes the air we breathe has reached its limit across the nation.
- Yet, it costs nothing, and will cost nothing until our skies become so polluted that air worth breathing requires labour.
- At least when you are home you can sit in your own Cadillacs for hours in the rush traffic and pollute the air as much you like, destroying the ozone layer and blame it on us smokers.
- The spill polluted the water, damaged the coastal ecological system and disrupted fishing in the area.
- The rural population rarely has sewage systems, and so surface water is badly polluted.
- Loss of habitat, prey, and polluted waters are some of the risks that alligators already face.
- If the hourly application rate is excessive, runoff could pollute surface waters or flood adjoining areas.
- Replacing used water bottles with new containers made from virgin resources consumes energy and pollutes the air, land and water.
- Changing the by-law that protects us will only benefit the lobbyists who are promoters of the industry which will further pollute our air and water.
- Pesticides used to treat the flowers also pollute ground water.
Synonyms
contaminate, adulterate, taint, poison, befoul, foul, dirty, soil, blight, make filthy, infect
1. 1.1 Defile or corrupt.
  a society polluted by greed
  Example sentencesExamples
  Pollution traditionally involved an act of defilement and desecration; in previous times, to pollute was to profane, to stain, to sully, to corrupt.
  We find imprecations against people who break laws, defile a sanctuary, commit perjury, or pollute a grave, amongst other things.
  The condemned is reduced to a body to be kept and then eliminated in a ‘ritual expulsion of that which pollutes and defiles’.
  You may enjoy short-term TV exposure and media headlines, but even the media are pillars of the polluting society.
  They have polluted the minds of Taiwanese and obstructed the progress of society.
  On the other hand, his ability to corrupt and pollute the moral atmosphere of the earth, should he pervert his way, is greater than anyone else's.
  Yet corruption pollutes society by lowering the authority of public office, and it lowers economic efficiency by destroying the principle of fair competition and imposes unnecessary costs on the private sector.
  Synonyms
  corrupt, poison, warp, pervert, deprave, defile, blight, debauch, sully, besmirch, desecrate, violate

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin pollut- ‘soiled, defiled’, from the verb polluere, based on the root of lutum ‘mud’.

单词	pollute
释义	Definition of pollute in English: pollute verb pəˈluːtpəˈlut [with object] 1Contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances. the explosion polluted the town with dioxin Example sentencesExamples Yet, it costs nothing, and will cost nothing until our skies become so polluted that air worth breathing requires labour. Pesticides used to treat the flowers also pollute ground water. Replacing used water bottles with new containers made from virgin resources consumes energy and pollutes the air, land and water. Intensive use of pesticides and fertilizers seriously pollutes our water, soil, and air. The fact is that etching chips requires the use of caustic chemicals that pollute the air and water. The result is that fish waste pollutes the water, which becomes the perfect habitat for green algae to form. The traffic congestion that wastes time and energy and pollutes the air we breathe has reached its limit across the nation. Changing the by-law that protects us will only benefit the lobbyists who are promoters of the industry which will further pollute our air and water. The same giant livestock facilities that pollute our air and water are also the perfect breeding grounds for super-tough microbes. A new medical study says they are more susceptible to some forms of cancer than the average Italian, possibly due to illegal waste dumps that pollute the water and soil. At least when you are home you can sit in your own Cadillacs for hours in the rush traffic and pollute the air as much you like, destroying the ozone layer and blame it on us smokers. Unfortunately, Perc is also a suspected carcinogen which pollutes air and water supplies. If oil tankers spill, if we keep throwing toxic waste in the ocean, if we do everything that pollutes the waters of the seven seas, lakes and rivers, the sea animals will suffer the exact same way we are. When washed off, these substances drain away to pollute public water resources. We're better off leaving it in the ground rather than polluting our air and the globe by burning it. Loss of habitat, prey, and polluted waters are some of the risks that alligators already face. The spill polluted the water, damaged the coastal ecological system and disrupted fishing in the area. A factory polluting your air or water supply is a typical example of one. The rural population rarely has sewage systems, and so surface water is badly polluted. If the hourly application rate is excessive, runoff could pollute surface waters or flood adjoining areas. Synonyms contaminate, adulterate, taint, poison, befoul, foul, dirty, soil, blight, make filthy, infect 1.1 Defile or corrupt. a society polluted by greed Example sentencesExamples They have polluted the minds of Taiwanese and obstructed the progress of society. We find imprecations against people who break laws, defile a sanctuary, commit perjury, or pollute a grave, amongst other things. The condemned is reduced to a body to be kept and then eliminated in a ‘ritual expulsion of that which pollutes and defiles’. You may enjoy short-term TV exposure and media headlines, but even the media are pillars of the polluting society. On the other hand, his ability to corrupt and pollute the moral atmosphere of the earth, should he pervert his way, is greater than anyone else's. Yet corruption pollutes society by lowering the authority of public office, and it lowers economic efficiency by destroying the principle of fair competition and imposes unnecessary costs on the private sector. Pollution traditionally involved an act of defilement and desecration; in previous times, to pollute was to profane, to stain, to sully, to corrupt. Synonyms corrupt, poison, warp, pervert, deprave, defile, blight, debauch, sully, besmirch, desecrate, violate Origin Late Middle English: from Latin pollut- 'soiled, defiled', from the verb polluere, based on the root of lutum 'mud'. Pollute is from Latin polluere ‘to soil, defile’, formed from lutum ‘mud’. Rhymes acute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute Definition of pollute in US English: pollute verbpəˈlo͞otpəˈlut [with object] 1Contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances. the explosion polluted the town with dioxin Example sentencesExamples When washed off, these substances drain away to pollute public water resources. A new medical study says they are more susceptible to some forms of cancer than the average Italian, possibly due to illegal waste dumps that pollute the water and soil. The same giant livestock facilities that pollute our air and water are also the perfect breeding grounds for super-tough microbes. If oil tankers spill, if we keep throwing toxic waste in the ocean, if we do everything that pollutes the waters of the seven seas, lakes and rivers, the sea animals will suffer the exact same way we are. The result is that fish waste pollutes the water, which becomes the perfect habitat for green algae to form. Unfortunately, Perc is also a suspected carcinogen which pollutes air and water supplies. The fact is that etching chips requires the use of caustic chemicals that pollute the air and water. We're better off leaving it in the ground rather than polluting our air and the globe by burning it. Intensive use of pesticides and fertilizers seriously pollutes our water, soil, and air. A factory polluting your air or water supply is a typical example of one. The traffic congestion that wastes time and energy and pollutes the air we breathe has reached its limit across the nation. Yet, it costs nothing, and will cost nothing until our skies become so polluted that air worth breathing requires labour. At least when you are home you can sit in your own Cadillacs for hours in the rush traffic and pollute the air as much you like, destroying the ozone layer and blame it on us smokers. The spill polluted the water, damaged the coastal ecological system and disrupted fishing in the area. The rural population rarely has sewage systems, and so surface water is badly polluted. Loss of habitat, prey, and polluted waters are some of the risks that alligators already face. If the hourly application rate is excessive, runoff could pollute surface waters or flood adjoining areas. Replacing used water bottles with new containers made from virgin resources consumes energy and pollutes the air, land and water. Changing the by-law that protects us will only benefit the lobbyists who are promoters of the industry which will further pollute our air and water. Pesticides used to treat the flowers also pollute ground water. Synonyms contaminate, adulterate, taint, poison, befoul, foul, dirty, soil, blight, make filthy, infect 1.1 Defile or corrupt. a society polluted by greed Example sentencesExamples Pollution traditionally involved an act of defilement and desecration; in previous times, to pollute was to profane, to stain, to sully, to corrupt. We find imprecations against people who break laws, defile a sanctuary, commit perjury, or pollute a grave, amongst other things. The condemned is reduced to a body to be kept and then eliminated in a ‘ritual expulsion of that which pollutes and defiles’. You may enjoy short-term TV exposure and media headlines, but even the media are pillars of the polluting society. They have polluted the minds of Taiwanese and obstructed the progress of society. On the other hand, his ability to corrupt and pollute the moral atmosphere of the earth, should he pervert his way, is greater than anyone else's. Yet corruption pollutes society by lowering the authority of public office, and it lowers economic efficiency by destroying the principle of fair competition and imposes unnecessary costs on the private sector. Synonyms corrupt, poison, warp, pervert, deprave, defile, blight, debauch, sully, besmirch, desecrate, violate Origin Late Middle English: from Latin pollut- ‘soiled, defiled’, from the verb polluere, based on the root of lutum ‘mud’.
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