Grime
noun
Dirt and dust that has sticked to something over time.
After years of use, grime had built up on the old machine.
Often appears as...
- build up grime
- clean off grime
verb
To make something dirty, especially over time.
Her white shoes were grimed by the muddy garden.
Often appears as...
- grime up
- grime covered
noun
A type of music that comes from the UK, known for heavy basslines, rapid breakbeats, and often featuring emcees who rap or talk.
Stormzy is a famous grime artist from London.
Usage tips
Modern
noun
Dirt and dust that has sticked to something over time.
After years of use, grime had built up on the old machine.
Often appears as...
- build up grime
- clean off grime
verb
To make something dirty, especially over time.
Her white shoes were grimed by the muddy garden.
Often appears as...
- grime up
- grime covered
noun
A type of music that comes from the UK, known for heavy basslines, rapid breakbeats, and often featuring emcees who rap or talk.
Stormzy is a famous grime artist from London.
Usage tips
Modern
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Long-Term Buildup
Grime often implies dirtiness accumulated over a long period, not just a recent mess.
The grime on the windows suggested they hadn't been cleaned in years.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard to Remove
Grime usually refers to dirt that is tough to clean, needing more than just water or a quick wipe.
She scrubbed the grime from the stove with a heavy-duty cleaner.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'grime' often reflects a negative view of the dirtiness, suggesting neglect or poor hygiene.
The restaurant's grimy floors turned away customers.
Pro Tip 1/3Long-Term Buildup
Grime often implies dirtiness accumulated over a long period, not just a recent mess.
The grime on the windows suggested they hadn't been cleaned in years.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard to Remove
Grime usually refers to dirt that is tough to clean, needing more than just water or a quick wipe.
She scrubbed the grime from the stove with a heavy-duty cleaner.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'grime' often reflects a negative view of the dirtiness, suggesting neglect or poor hygiene.
The restaurant's grimy floors turned away customers.
Pro Tip 1/3Long-Term Buildup
Grime often implies dirtiness accumulated over a long period, not just a recent mess.
The grime on the windows suggested they hadn't been cleaned in years.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard to Remove
Grime usually refers to dirt that is tough to clean, needing more than just water or a quick wipe.
She scrubbed the grime from the stove with a heavy-duty cleaner.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'grime' often reflects a negative view of the dirtiness, suggesting neglect or poor hygiene.
The restaurant's grimy floors turned away customers.
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Video examples
Pico Iyer: A Portable...
way and that faces a street in grime and in this place which is just lit by flickering candles you can barely see their features but you can see the tears running down them they're so so moved finally to be in the center of the holy city so we had a lot of remarkable experiences as anybody does when he or
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Natalie Jeremijenko:...
is responsible for about half of global warming's effects, because it changes, it settles on the snow, it changes the reflectors, it changes the transmission qualities of the atmosphere. Carbon black is that grime that otherwise lodges in your pretty pink lungs, and it's associated with.
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Barry Schwartz: Using...
to be virtuous. They want to have permission to do the right thing. They don't want to feel like they need to take a shower to get the moral grime off their bodies everyday when they come home from work. Aristotle thought that practical wisdom
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Can you guess what's...
an acid attack, and centuries of grime. A museum guard immediately neutralized the acid with water. Restorers lifted the grime, revealing that the painting was not set at night, and healed the slashes using adhesive and extra canvas backing.
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The strange history of...
Due to dozens of restorations, as much as 70% of certain sections had been painted over. As conservators removed these layers of paint, varnish, and grime, they discovered vibrant colors and whole buildings that had long been invisible.
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Secret Life of Dust...
there's nothing like collapsing into a freshly made bed at the end of a long hard day crisp sheets plump pillows a warm clean place where you can escape the grime and the grind of day-to-day existence or can you just how clean is
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Poetic performance and...
loving you means getting dirty bring on the grime I will leave this porcelain home behind I'm used to twice a day relationships but with you I'll take all the time and I know we live in different worlds and we're always really
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Healthy Attraction PIPE...
breeding in squalid conditions in grime and fouled water diseases weaken the body's immune system and cause sickness advertising resistance to disease is important to make selection some
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How These Women Are...
and i've seen that go very wrong a simple spur stroke my fur my name is fantasia grime and i'm from southeast and well where i'm from is ghetto
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African Penguins Go...
wash for a suburban sea bird who's picked up tan grime and sand overnight it's important to keep cleavage neat and well-oiled
Video examples
Pico Iyer: A Portable...
way and that faces a street in grime and in this place which is just lit by flickering candles you can barely see their features but you can see the tears running down them they're so so moved finally to be in the center of the holy city so we had a lot of remarkable experiences as anybody does when he or
Video examples
Natalie Jeremijenko:...
is responsible for about half of global warming's effects, because it changes, it settles on the snow, it changes the reflectors, it changes the transmission qualities of the atmosphere. Carbon black is that grime that otherwise lodges in your pretty pink lungs, and it's associated with.
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Using...
to be virtuous. They want to have permission to do the right thing. They don't want to feel like they need to take a shower to get the moral grime off their bodies everyday when they come home from work. Aristotle thought that practical wisdom
Video examples
Can you guess what's...
an acid attack, and centuries of grime. A museum guard immediately neutralized the acid with water. Restorers lifted the grime, revealing that the painting was not set at night, and healed the slashes using adhesive and extra canvas backing.
Video examples
The strange history of...
Due to dozens of restorations, as much as 70% of certain sections had been painted over. As conservators removed these layers of paint, varnish, and grime, they discovered vibrant colors and whole buildings that had long been invisible.
Video examples
Secret Life of Dust...
there's nothing like collapsing into a freshly made bed at the end of a long hard day crisp sheets plump pillows a warm clean place where you can escape the grime and the grind of day-to-day existence or can you just how clean is
Video examples
Poetic performance and...
loving you means getting dirty bring on the grime I will leave this porcelain home behind I'm used to twice a day relationships but with you I'll take all the time and I know we live in different worlds and we're always really
Video examples
Healthy Attraction PIPE...
breeding in squalid conditions in grime and fouled water diseases weaken the body's immune system and cause sickness advertising resistance to disease is important to make selection some
Video examples
How These Women Are...
and i've seen that go very wrong a simple spur stroke my fur my name is fantasia grime and i'm from southeast and well where i'm from is ghetto
Video examples
African Penguins Go...
wash for a suburban sea bird who's picked up tan grime and sand overnight it's important to keep cleavage neat and well-oiled
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Christine and the Queens
French Musician
Grimes is the extreme version of doing everything yourself. I think this is impressive, because she is fiddling with things I couldn't fiddle with, all the technical stuff. I know what I want to do, but I wouldn't do it all my own, I would go crazy. This is insanely hard, to do an album by yourself. But I admire her for that.
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Sampha
English Musician
I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!
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Sturgill Simpson
American Musician
I want all that dirt and grime and life-sauce. A lot of my favorite old soul records have it, but you don't hear it on country records anymore.
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Kano
British Musician
You may think it's weird working with a cartoon band but there are a lot of characters in grime, especially since the early days.
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Bugzy Malone
Grime music is still a young culture in itself. And my goal is to move it on to a more respected place.
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Skepta
English Musician
I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound.
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Adam Peaty
British Athlete
I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
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Tom Felton
English Actor
I am looking to get into the grime rap U.K. scene.
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Dizzee Rascal
British Musician
I was making grime before anyone else.
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Santan Dave
British Musician
Grime must be its own genre.
Quote examples
Christine and the Queens
French Musician
Grimes is the extreme version of doing everything yourself. I think this is impressive, because she is fiddling with things I couldn't fiddle with, all the technical stuff. I know what I want to do, but I wouldn't do it all my own, I would go crazy. This is insanely hard, to do an album by yourself. But I admire her for that.
Quote examples
Sampha
English Musician
I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!
Quote examples
Sturgill Simpson
American Musician
I want all that dirt and grime and life-sauce. A lot of my favorite old soul records have it, but you don't hear it on country records anymore.
Quote examples
Kano
British Musician
You may think it's weird working with a cartoon band but there are a lot of characters in grime, especially since the early days.
Quote examples
Bugzy Malone
Grime music is still a young culture in itself. And my goal is to move it on to a more respected place.
Quote examples
Skepta
English Musician
I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound.
Quote examples
Adam Peaty
British Athlete
I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
Quote examples
Tom Felton
English Actor
I am looking to get into the grime rap U.K. scene.
Quote examples
Dizzee Rascal
British Musician
I was making grime before anyone else.
Quote examples
Santan Dave
British Musician
Grime must be its own genre.
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