кове́ркать — meaning in English

English meaning

• garble verb To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
• smatter verb To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.

Senses

кове́ркать is used for these senses in English:

• garble To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
• smatter (transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.

garble — full definition

1. verb To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
2. verb To make false by mutilation or addition.
3. verb To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.
4. verb To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.

smatter — full definition

1. verb To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
2. verb To hit (someone or something) with a liquid; to splash, to spatter.
3. verb To approach or study (something, such as a subject) superficially; to dabble in.
4. verb To speak (a language or words) with only a superficial knowledge of it.

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