Grime and Scour

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Grime verb - To make dirty.

Usage example: countless hours of work were needed to clean the floors of the old warehouse that had been grimed from a century of use

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Scour is an antonym for grime.

Nearby Words: grimy, grimed

Scour verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

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Grime is an antonym for scour.

Nearby Words: scoured, scouring, scourer

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