untar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bribe noun Money or a favor given to someone to influence their decision dishonestly.
- daub noun Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
- rub verb To move something back and forth against a surface while pressing on it.
- smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
- spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
Senses
untar is used for these senses in English:
- daub (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- grease someone's palm (idiomatic) To bribe a person.
- rub (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- rub To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- smear (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- spread (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer. [from 16th c.]
bribe — full definition
- noun Money or a favor given to someone to influence their decision dishonestly.
- verb To offer someone money or a favor to influence them dishonestly.
daub — full definition
- noun Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
- noun A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
- noun A crude or amateurish painting.