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
- verb To make something black or turn black.
- verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
- verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.
smear — full definition
- verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
- verb To damage someone's reputation with false or misleading accusations.
- noun A false, damaging claim meant to harm someone's reputation.
- noun A medical test made by spreading a thin sample on a slide, especially a cervical screening test.