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befilthing

befilthing is the present participle and gerund of befilth.

Meaning of befilth

Verb

befilth (third-person singular simple present befilths, present participle befilthing, simple past and past participle befilthed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
    • How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe.1890, Albert Kimsey Owen, Integral Co-operation at Work ... - Page 105
    Synonyms:
    bedirty, befoul, foul, assoil, beclart, bedaub, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, begrime

Questions about befilthing

What is befilthing the present participle and gerund of?
Befilthing is the present participle and gerund of befilth.

Words near befilthing in the dictionary

  1. befilmed
  2. befilming
  3. befilms
  4. befilth
  5. befilthed
  6. befilthing
  7. befilths
  8. befind
  9. befinding
  10. befinds
  11. befinger

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