Grime and Tidy

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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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Tidy is an antonym for grime.

Nearby Words: grimy, grimed

Tidy verb - Put (things or places) in order.

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Grime is an antonym for tidy.

Nearby Words: tidiness, tidied, tidying, tiding

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