мара́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• defile verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
• smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
• smirch noun Dirt, or a stain.
• 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.
• sully verb To damage or spoil someone's reputation or something's purity.

Senses

мара́ть is used for these senses in English:

• defile To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
• smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
• smirch (transitive, archaic) To dirty; to make dirty.
• smudge To soil or smear with dirt.
• sully (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.

defile — full definition

1. verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
2. noun A narrow gorge or pass, originally one narrow enough for soldiers to march through only in single file.

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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