grime

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

   Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.

2. noun A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
3. verb To begrime; to cake with dirt.

Similar words

filth dirty begrime bemire stain grease colly dirt soil soiling

Often followed by

and of from on that off in et

Word family

grimed grimes griming