colly

An obsolete verb meaning to blacken with coal dust or soot, or to become blackened; also used figuratively to mean to darken or sully.

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1. Make dirty or soiled C2 formal british

   To make something dirty, stained, or filthy.

   • The coal dust colly the workers' clothes.
   • The children colly their hands while playing in the mud.
   • The smoke from the factory colly the nearby buildings.

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   المرادفات: befoulbegrimeblackendirtysmirchsmudgesoilstainsullytarnish

   الأضداد: cleanlaunderpurifywash