embadurnar — meaning in English

English meaning

• daub noun Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
• smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.

Senses

embadurnar is used for these senses in English:

• daub (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
• smear (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.

daub — full definition

1. noun Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
2. noun A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
3. noun A crude or amateurish painting.

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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