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contaminates definition

contaminates


 
  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  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") 



contaminates definition