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замарать — meaning in English

zamarat

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English meaning

  • blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
  • smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
  • smudge noun A smear or blurry mark, especially one made by dirt, ink, or makeup.
  • soil noun The loose top layer of earth in which plants grow, made up of minerals, organic matter, and nutrients.
  • spot noun A small mark or patch of a different color or texture on a surface.

Senses

замарать is used for these senses in English:

  • blacken (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
  • smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
  • smudge To soil or smear with dirt.
  • spot (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).

blacken — full definition

  1. verb To make something black or turn black.
  2. verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
  3. verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.

smear — full definition

  1. verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
  2. verb To damage someone's reputation with false or misleading accusations.
  3. noun A false, damaging claim meant to harm someone's reputation.
  4. noun A medical test made by spreading a thin sample on a slide, especially a cervical screening test.

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