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grimes

/ɡɹaɪmz/

grimes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grime.

Meaning of grime

Verb

grime (third-person singular simple present grimes, present participle griming, simple past and past participle grimed)

  1. (transitive) To begrime; to cake with dirt.
    • All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine

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Proper noun capitalized: Grimes

Grimes (countable and uncountable, plural Grimeses)

  1. An English surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Colusa County, California, United States.
  3. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Grimes County.

Forms of grimes

pluralGrimeses
alternative formCrymes

Words formed from grimes

Words that rhyme with grimes

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about grimes

What does grimes mean?
Grimes means an English surname.
What is grimes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Grimes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grime.
What part of speech is grimes?
Grimes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce grimes?
Grimes is pronounced /ɡɹaɪmz/.

Words near grimes in the dictionary

  1. grime
  2. Grime's Graves
  3. grimed
  4. grimeless
  5. Grimentz
  6. grimes
  7. Grimes County
  8. grimester
  9. grimesters
  10. Grimesthorpe
  11. Grimethorpe

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