Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grime
Participle: grimene
Gerund: griming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | grime |
| you | grime |
| he;she;it | grimees |
| we | grime |
| you | grime |
| they | grime |
Perfect
| I | have grimene |
| you | have grimene |
| he;she;it | has grimene |
| we | have grimene |
| you | have grimene |
| they | have grimene |
Past
| I | grime |
| you | grime |
| he;she;it | grime |
| we | grime |
| you | grime |
| they | grime |
Pluperfect
| I | had grimene |
| you | had grimene |
| he;she;it | had grimene |
| we | had grimene |
| you | had grimene |
| they | had grimene |
Future
| I | will grime |
| you | will grime |
| he;she;it | will grime |
| we | will grime |
| you | will grime |
| they | will grime |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grimene |
| you | will have grimene |
| he;she;it | will have grimene |
| we | will have grimene |
| you | will have grimene |
| they | will have grimene |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grime |
| you | grime |
| he;she;it | grime |
| we | grime |
| you | grime |
| they | grime |
Perfect
| I | have grimene |
| you | have grimene |
| he;she;it | have grimene |
| we | have grimene |
| you | have grimene |
| they | have grimene |
Imperfect
| I | grime |
| you | grime |
| he;she;it | grime |
| we | grime |
| you | grime |
| they | grime |
Pluperfect
| I | had grimene |
| you | had grimene |
| he;she;it | had grimene |
| we | had grimene |
| you | had grimene |
| they | had grimene |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grime |
| you | would grime |
| he;she;it | would grime |
| we | would grime |
| you | would grime |
| they | would grime |
Perfect
| I | would have grimene |
| you | would have grimene |
| he;she;it | would have grimene |
| we | would have grimene |
| you | would have grimene |
| they | would have grimene |
Imperative
| you | grime |
| we | Let's grime |
| you | grime |
Verbs similar to 'grime'
crime,
grame,
grice,
gride,
grim,
gripe,
prime,
rime,
agrise,
agrize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized use of Old English grīma (“mask”), from Proto-West Germanic *grīmō, from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask”).
2. Likely influenced by dialectal Dutch grijmsel (“grit, grime”), Dutch grijm (“soot, grime”), Middle Dutch gryme (“mask”), Middle Low German greme (“dirt”), compare Danish grime (“a halter”), Danish grimet (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Bokmål grimete (“soiled, stripy”), Norwegian Nynorsk grimete (“soiled, stripy”). See: Danish '
grime', Norwegian '
grimete', Norwegian, nynorsk '
grimete'.
Verbs referencing "grime"
Norwegian, nynorsk
grime.
Sample Sentences
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All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily. [1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine:]
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Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light. [1920, Harold Bindloss, Lister's Great Adventure:]
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His skin was grimed with dust, for he had ridden hard in scorching heat, and was anxious and impatient to get on. [1918, Harold Bindloss, The Buccaneer Farmer:]