colly (Meaning)

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colly (v)

make soiled, filthy, or dirty

The coal miner's face was colly with soot after a long day in the mines.
The old chimney sweep emerged from the fireplace, his clothes colly and his face streaked with ash.
She wiped her hands on a colly rag, leaving smudges of dirt across the fabric.
The children returned from playing in the dusty yard, their faces colly with dirt.
Despite wearing gloves, his hands became colly as he worked on the car's engine.
The abandoned house had windows so colly that barely any light could pass through.
The pet cat often returned from its adventures outside, its fur colly from exploring the neighborhood.
The street urchin's hands were colly from rummaging through garbage bins for food.
After a day of gardening, her knees were colly with soil stains.
The mechanic's overalls were colly with grease and oil stains from working on engines all day.

make soiled, filthy, or dirty

jumble,mess, disarrange, crock, draggle, disorder, discolor, disarray, muddle, confuse

purify, clean, purge, cleanse, purge, purify,clean, cleanse, rinse, launder

The coal miner's face was colly with soot after a long day in the mines.

The old chimney sweep emerged from the fireplace, his clothes colly and his face streaked with ash.

She wiped her hands on a colly rag, leaving smudges of dirt across the fabric.

The children returned from playing in the dusty yard, their faces colly with dirt.