Pollute is a verb that means to make something dirty or impure. ... Pollute comes from the Latin word pollut-, meaning “soiled.” When you pollute something, it's soiled or contaminated, often by something poisonous. You might have heard the word pollution — pollution is the stuff that pollutes the environment.
This is a simple sentence because in its entirety it is a single clause. There are no multiple independent clauses connected or any subordinate clauses to make it compound or complex.
