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# grime

«grime» in Mova's school dictionary: **Dirt that has built up in a thick, sticky or black layer…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (grime — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dirt that has built up in a thick, sticky or black layer on a surface or skin: «the grime on the windows». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/#m1)

2) (music) Grime is a style of fast rap music that started in London around 2002. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life grime is the dirt you scrub off old windows, ovens or hands after mending a bike. In stories about Victorian cities it shows smoke, soot and poverty. Adjective: grimy.

### examples

- The windows were black with grime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/#x1)
- He scrubbed the grime off his hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/#x2)
- Years of grime covered the old painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/#x3)
- Victorian chimney sweeps were covered in soot and grime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/#x4)
- The cleaner wiped away the grime from the oven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/#x5)
- My cousin listens to grime and drill music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «a lot of grime», not «grimes». Adjective: grimy. Don't confuse with «crime» or «grim» (serious, gloomy).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grime» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grime/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.