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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

beclart en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English biclarten, equivalent to be- + clart. Cognate with Scots beclairt (“to soil, splash or cover with filth”).

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beclarted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beclarted Tense=Past lexicographic
beclarting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beclarts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

beclarted

Synonyms

sowl · befilth · spot · besmirch · sullow · imbrue (especially with blood) · blot · darken · dirten · defile · gunk up · clat · bedizen · bedaub · besully · stain · smut · smirch · bedirty · beray · scunge · soil · assoil · blacken · bewray · slotter · bedirty · dirty · befile · sling mud · foul · uggle · gunk · befoul · tarnish · smutch · file · slur · sully · clat · soil · beclart · foil · besmear · elt · soss · inquinate · blur · contaminate · begrime · smear · beshit · smudge