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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. [1913 Webster] Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. [1913 Webster] I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith. Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. ``Contaminate drink.'' --Daniel. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith. Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. ``Contaminate drink.'' --Daniel.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
contaminate v 1: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" [syn: pollute, foul] 2: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated" [ant: decontaminate]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
contaminate Αγγλικά vb. 1 (μτβ) μολύνω, κολλάω, εισάγω σε ένα ζωντανό οργανισμό παθογόνος μικροοργανισμός 2 (μτβ) μολύνω, ρυπαίνω 3 (μτβ) μολύνω, κολλάω, προκαλώ αλλοίωση σε ηθικό ή πνευματικό επίπεδοFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
contaminate Latin vb. (inflection of la contāminō 2 p pres actv impr) Spanish vb. (es-verb form of: contaminar)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
contaminate vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter. 2 (lb en transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association. 3 (lb en transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements. 4 To infect, often with bad objectsFrom English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
contaminate Latin vb. (inflection of la contāminō 2 p pres actv impr) Spanish vb. (es-verb form of: contaminar)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
contaminate Latin vb. (inflection of la contāminō 2 p pres actv impr) Spanish vb. (es-verb form of: contaminar)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
contaminate Englanti vb. 1 saastuttaa, pilata 2 tartuttaa (sairaudesta) 3 (yhteys kuva k=en) pilataFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
contaminate Engelska vb. kontaminera, förorenaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ ملوّثFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
contaminate //kənˈtæmɪneɪt//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]замърсявам, извършвам зловредно вмешателство To introduce impurities or foreign matter
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]znečistit
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]nakazit
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]zamořit
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]heintio
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]anstecken, eine Krankheit übertragen Synonym: pass sth. on see: passing sth. on, contaminating, passed sth. on, contaminated
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]jdn. vergiften "recontaminate sth." - etw. wieder vergiften Synonyms: poison, intoxicate sb. see: poisoning, contaminating, intoxicating, poisoned, contaminated, intoxicated, poisons, contaminates, intoxicates, poisoned, contaminated, intoxicated, be poisened with sth.
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ μολύνω, μιαίνωFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
contaminate //kənˈtæmɪneɪt//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]saastuttaa, pilata To introduce impurities or foreign matter
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. अशुद्ध~करना "House flies contaminate food."
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ zaprljati, zarazitiFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
contaminate /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]zakażać, zanieczyszczać
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]contaminar
contaminate //kənˈtæmɪneɪt//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]kontaminera, förorena To introduce impurities or foreign matter
contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 1. bulaştırmak 2. geçirmek (hastalık, mikrop, pislik) 3. lekelemek, kirletmek. contamina tion bulaştırma 4. pislik.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/kənˈtæməˌneɪt/
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "contaminate": activate, adulterate, alloy, bastardize, befoul, benasty, canker, charge, cheapen, coarsen, confound, corrupt, cut, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denaturalize, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, dilute, dirty, disease, distort, doctor, doctor up, fortify, foul, harm, infect, injure, irradiate, lace, mess, mess up, misuse, nasty, pervert, poison, pollute, prostitute, radiumize, ravage, ravish, rot, soil, spike, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tamper with, tarnish, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water, water downFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 弄污,弄脏,染污;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 弄污,弄脏,染污,传染,毒害