make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
Used in a Sentence
pollute
How to use pollute in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for pollute.
Editorial note
The same guys who pollute Google search results with "buy handbags" trash.
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Quick take
make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of pollute gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pollute.
verb
make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
See also: foul, contaminate
Example sentences
The same guys who pollute Google search results with "buy handbags" trash.
It would be lower cost, more convenient, and would actually pollute less than buses during non-peak times.
Those same containers could be moved far more efficiently over land, at similar or lower costs and pollute far, far less.
I hope you only use it as motivation to do something more than pollute the Linux distribution space.
If the workers decided these things they would never vote to outsource their own jobs and would rarely choose to pollute their own communities.
Do we get to pollute the local ecology and go totally-hands off to let the businesses exploit the workers, too?
As the industrial revolution happened, this rule was relaxed, because as it turns out it's impossible to make industry that doesn't pollute.
This ensured that they didn't pollute the global namespace with experimental, partially-implemented ideas.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use pollute in a sentence?
The same guys who pollute Google search results with "buy handbags" trash.
What does pollute mean?
make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
What part of speech is pollute?
pollute is commonly used as verb.