bevlekken — meaning in English

English meaning

• blur verb To make something unclear, hazy, or difficult to make out.
• imbue verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
• mark noun A visible line, spot, or impression left on a surface.
• spot noun A small mark or patch of a different color or texture on a surface.
• stain noun A discoloured mark left by a substance that soaks into a surface.

Senses

bevlekken is used for these senses in English:

• blur To smear, stain or smudge.
• imbue (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
• mark To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
• spot (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
• stain To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

blur — full definition

1. verb To make something unclear, hazy, or difficult to make out.
2. noun Something that appears hazy, smudged, or indistinct.

imbue — full definition

1. verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
2. verb To soak or saturate something with a liquid, especially a dye.

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