Bemire (Verb)
Meaning
Make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- After playing outside all day, the kids' clothes were badly bemired by the mud.
- The careless gardener's boots bemired the newly cleaned floor of the house.
- Walking through the dirty riverbed would surely bemire my new hiking boots.
- Don't wander into the swamp, or you'll bemire your shoes and pants in the mud.
- Despite wearing protective gear, the mechanics often bemire their overalls with grease and oil.