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filthies

filthies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of filthy.

Meaning of filthy

Verb

filthy (third-person singular simple present filthies, present participle filthying, simple past and past participle filthied)

  1. (transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
    • In the years following World War Two, Americans cut down vast forests, built thousands of factories, assembled millions of atmospherically toxic automobiles, and filthied the water throughout North America.2007, Tom Bissell, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
  2. (transitive) To cover in filth.
    • He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.2009, Jeffery Deaver, Hell's Kitchen

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Questions about filthies

What is filthies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Filthies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of filthy.

Words near filthies in the dictionary

  1. filthened
  2. filthening
  3. filthens
  4. filthied
  5. filthier
  6. filthies
  7. filthiest
  8. filthified
  9. filthifies
  10. filthify
  11. filthifying

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