| pollutant | (n) waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil |
| pollute | (v) make impure, Syn. foul, contaminate, Example: The industrial wastes polluted the lake |
| polluter | (n) a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment, Syn. defiler |
| pollution | (n) undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities |
| Pollute | v. t. The land was polluted with blood. Ps. cvi. 38 [ 1913 Webster ] Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. 2 Esd. xv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ] Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. Num. xviii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ] They have polluted themselves with blood. Lam. iv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pollute | a. [ L. pollutus. ] Polluted. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Polluted | a. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. -- |
| Polluter | n. One who pollutes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Polluting | a. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution. -- |
| Pollution | n. [ L. pollutio: cf. F. pollution. ] |