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filthying

filthying is the present participle and gerund 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 filthying

What is filthying the present participle and gerund of?
Filthying is the present participle and gerund of filthy.

Words near filthying in the dictionary

  1. filthy
  2. filthy casual
  3. filthy dirty
  4. filthy lucre
  5. filthy rich
  6. filthying
  7. Filton
  8. filtra
  9. filtrabilities
  10. filtrability
  11. filtrable

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