besmeren — meaning in English

English meaning

• daub noun Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
• spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.

Senses

besmeren is used for these senses in English:

• daub (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
• spread (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]

daub — full definition

1. noun Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
2. noun A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
3. noun A crude or amateurish painting.

spread — full definition

1. verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
2. verb To become more widely known, present, or transmitted.
3. verb To coat something with a thin layer of a substance.
4. noun A soft food meant to be smeared on bread, such as jam or butter.
5. noun A large, generously laid-out meal.

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