pollute
/pəˈluːt/verb
उच्चारण पलूट
प्रदूषित करना, दूषित करना, गंदा करना
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[T] ~ sth
to add dirty or harmful substances to land, air or water so that it is no longer safe or pleasant to use
प्रदूषित करना, दूषित करना, गंदा करना
- Factory waste has polluted the river for fifty kilometres.
- Diesel buses pollute the air of the city.
- Plastic bags pollute the sea and harm marine life.
+ 2 more examples
- Smoke from the brick kilns pollutes the air around the village.
- It is illegal to pollute the lake with chemicals.
Synonyms contaminate poison foul taint dirty
Opposite purify clean cleanse decontaminate
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[T] ~ sth formal
to make something no longer pure or good, especially the mind or a tradition
(मन, परंपरा को) दूषित करना, बिगाड़ना
- Cheap films pollute young minds, the old teacher grumbled.
- Hatred spread on social media can pollute the minds of young people.
- Fake news can pollute public debate.
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- He feared that the new fashions would pollute the pure language of the region.
- Greed had polluted the whole system of awarding contracts.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
pollute + noun (air, water, land)
Pollute takes the thing made dirty as its object, often with with or by for the cause.
'Pollute' के साथ गंदी की गई चीज़ object बनती है; कारण के लिए 'with' या 'by' आता है।
- Factories pollute the river with chemicals.
- The air is polluted by smoke from vehicles.
be polluted (passive) / polluted + noun
The passive and the adjective polluted are very common. Use by for the doer.
Passive और विशेषण 'polluted' बहुत प्रचलित हैं; करने वाले के लिए 'by' आता है।
- The well water was polluted by waste from the dye factory.
- Polluted rivers kill fish.
pollute + mind / language (figurative)
In a formal style, to pollute can also mean to spoil something pure, like the mind or a tradition.
Formal शैली में 'pollute' का अर्थ मन या परंपरा जैसी शुद्ध चीज़ को बिगाड़ना भी हो सकता है।
- Violent films can pollute young minds.
pollute vs contaminate
Pollute is for large systems like air and rivers. Contaminate is for something made impure by a dangerous substance, such as food.
'Pollute' हवा और नदियों जैसी बड़ी प्रणालियों के लिए है; 'contaminate' खतरनाक पदार्थ से अशुद्ध की गई चीज़, जैसे भोजन, के लिए है।
- Sewage contaminated the drinking water.
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pollute + noun
the airthe riverthe soilthe seagroundwater
- Dumping plastic can pollute the sea.
pollute + with / by
with chemicalswith smokeby wasteby sewagewith plastic
- The pond was polluted with waste from the nearby market.
adverb + pollute
heavilybadlyseriouslygradually
- Diwali crackers heavily pollute the city's air.
polluted + noun
rivercityairwaterenvironment
- Delhi is often listed among polluted cities in winter.
“More examples 5
- Burning crop stubble pollutes the air in north India every winter.
फ़सल के अवशेष जलाने से उत्तर भारत की हवा हर सर्दी में प्रदूषित होती है।
- The factory was fined for polluting the river.
कारख़ाने पर नदी को प्रदूषित करने के लिए जुर्माना लगाया गया।
- Radhika's class cleaned the polluted pond near their school.
राधिका की कक्षा ने अपने विद्यालय के पास का प्रदूषित तालाब साफ़ किया।
- Plastic bags pollute the soil because they do not rot.
प्लास्टिक की थैलियाँ मिट्टी को प्रदूषित करती हैं क्योंकि वे सड़ती नहीं।
- Bad language can pollute the atmosphere of a classroom.
अशिष्ट भाषा कक्षा के वातावरण को दूषित कर सकती है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The factory pollutes to the river.
✓ The factory pollutes the river.
Pollute is transitive and takes no preposition before the object.
'Pollute' सकर्मक क्रिया है और object से पहले preposition नहीं लेती।
✗ The river is polluting by the factories.
✓ The river is polluted by the factories.
The passive needs the past participle polluted.
Passive में past participle 'polluted' चाहिए।
✗ Do not pollution the air.
✓ Do not pollute the air.
The verb is pollute; pollution is the noun.
क्रिया 'pollute' है; 'pollution' noun है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all mean making something dirty or unsafe, but they differ in what they are used for.
ये क्रियाएँ किसी चीज़ को गंदा या असुरक्षित बनाने के अर्थ में हैं, पर प्रयोग की वस्तुएँ अलग हैं।
To make air, water or land dirty and harmful.
हवा, पानी या भूमि को गंदा और हानिकारक बनाना।
- Smoke pollutes the air.
To make something impure by adding a harmful substance.
किसी हानिकारक पदार्थ को मिलाकर चीज़ को अशुद्ध करना।
- Germs contaminated the milk.
To harm or kill with a toxic substance.
विषैले पदार्थ से हानि पहुँचाना या मार देना।
- Someone poisoned the well.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
pol·lute
Double l and -lute (not 'polute' or 'pollut'); the nouns pollution (the state), pollutant (the substance, such as sulphur dioxide), polluter (the person or firm).
दो l और अंत में -lute ('polute' या 'pollut' गलत है); nouns pollution (स्थिति), pollutant (पदार्थ, जैसे sulphur dioxide), polluter (व्यक्ति या कंपनी)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The polluter pays principle; the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB); AQI, the air quality index.
Polluter pays principle; Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB); AQI, वायु गुणवत्ता सूचकांक।