colly

Verb

To make dirty or black, especially with soot or coal dust.

ریشه

From the Old English word 'colian', meaning 'to blacken'.

مثال

• The chimney sweep's face was collied with soot.
• The old photographs had been collied by years of neglect.
• The factory workers' clothes were collied from working in the coal mines.

ترکیب‌های رایج

Colly the walls Colly with soot Colly the clothes Colly the face