different between grime vs granulate

English

Etymology

From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized note of Old English gr?ma (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?mô (“mask”). Possibly influenced by Danish grim (“soot, grime”), Old Dutch grijmsel, Middle Dutch grime, Middle Low German greme (“dirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m

Noun

grime (uncountable)

1. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

2. (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

Derived terms

• grimeless
• grimy

Translations

Verb

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

1. To begrime; to cake with dirt.

Derived terms

• begrime

Anagrams

• gerim

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??im/
• Homophones: griment, grimes

Verb

grime

1. first-person singular present indicative of grimer
2. third-person singular present indicative of grimer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of grimer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of grimer
5. second-person singular imperative of grimer

Portuguese

Noun

grime m (uncountable)

1. (music) grime (a genre of urban music)

Scots

Alternative forms

• gryme, greim

Etymology

Of Flemish origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r?i?m/

Verb

grime (third-person singular present grimes, present participle grimein, past grimet, past participle grimet)

1. (archaic) To sprinkle, fleck, or to cover with a layer of fine material (e.g. snow, dust).

Spanish

Noun

grime m (plural grimes)

1. grime (music genre)

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rim?/

Noun

grime c (no plural)

1. anger, wrath

Further reading

• “grime (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

granule +? -ate

Verb

granulate (third-person singular simple present granulates, present participle granulating, simple past and past participle granulated)

1. (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
2. (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.

   Cane juice granulates into sugar.

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulation
• granule

Translations

Adjective

granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)

1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
2. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.

Further reading

• granulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• granulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Adjective

granulate

1. feminine plural of granulato

Verb

granulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of granulare
2. second-person plural imperative of granulare
3. feminine plural of granulato

Latin

Adjective

gr?nul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of gr?nul?tus