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contaminating definition
contaminating |
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 contaminating The adj contaminating has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dirty, contaminating -- (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout") 2. corrupting, contaminating -- (that infects or taints) Antonyms of adj contaminating 2 senses of contaminating Sense 1 dirty (vs. clean), contaminating Sense 2 corrupting, contaminating INDIRECT (VIA infectious) -> noninfectious Similarity of adj contaminating 2 senses of contaminating Sense 1 dirty (vs. clean), contaminating Sense 2 corrupting, contaminating => infectious (vs. noninfectious) Attributes of adj contaminating Familiarity of adj contaminating contaminating used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj contaminating contaminating uncontaminating 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 contaminating The adj contaminating has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. dirty, contaminating -- (spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout") 2. corrupting, contaminating -- (that infects or taints)
contaminating definition
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