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contaminated definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb contaminate 1 of 2 senses of contaminate Sense 1 pollute, foul, contaminate => infect, taint Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb contaminate 1 of 2 senses of contaminate Sense 1 pollute, foul, contaminate => infect, taint => superinfect => smut Entailment of verb contaminate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb contaminate 2 senses of contaminate Sense 1 pollute, foul, contaminate => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire Sense 2 contaminate => change, alter Familiarity of verb contaminate contaminate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb contaminate Sense 1 pollute, foul, contaminate => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -------------- Sense 2 contaminate => change, alter -------------- Overview of verb contaminate The verb contaminate has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) pollute, foul, contaminate -- (make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake") 2. (1) contaminate -- (make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated") Overview of adj contaminated The adj contaminated has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. contaminated -- (corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence") 2. contaminated, dirty, infected -- (contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen) 3. contaminated, polluted -- (rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams") Antonyms of adj contaminated 3 senses of contaminated Sense 1 contaminated (vs. uncontaminated) uncontaminated (vs. contaminated) Sense 2 contaminated, dirty, infected INDIRECT (VIA septic) -> antiseptic Sense 3 contaminated, polluted INDIRECT (VIA impure) -> pure Similarity of adj contaminated 3 senses of contaminated Sense 1 contaminated (vs. uncontaminated) Sense 2 contaminated, dirty, infected => septic (vs. antiseptic) Sense 3 contaminated, polluted => impure (vs. pure) Attributes of adj contaminated Familiarity of adj contaminated contaminated used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj contaminated contaminated uncontaminated Overview of verb contaminate The verb contaminate has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) pollute, foul, contaminate -- (make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake") 2. (1) contaminate -- (make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated") Overview of adj contaminated The adj contaminated has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. contaminated -- (corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence") 2. contaminated, dirty, infected -- (contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen) 3. contaminated, polluted -- (rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams")
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