Noun: dirtying dur-tee-ing
- The act of soiling something
"The toddler's dirtying of the carpet required immediate cleaning";
- soiling, soilure [archaic]
- Make soiled, filthy, or dirty
"don't dirty your clothes when you play outside!";
- soil, begrime, grime, colly [archaic], bemire [archaic]
Type of: alter, change, change of state, modify
Encyclopedia: Dirty, Dangerous and Difficult