verb
- to make dirty with grime or soot
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The coal dust begrimed the miners’ faces.
- Years of smoke had begrimed the old building’s walls.
- His hands were begrimed from working on the engine.
- The factory’s smokestacks begrimed everything nearby.
- She refused to let the soot begrime her white dress.
- The chimney sweep’s clothes were begrimed with ash.