Meaning

1 senses

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

Origin

From Middle English biclarten, equivalent to be- + clart. Cognate with Scots beclairt (“to

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

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Forms

beclarts, beclarting, beclarted, beclarted
Base formbeclart · to beclart
3rd person singularbeclarts
Present participlebeclarting
Past simplebeclarted
Past participlebeclarted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeclart
he, she, itbeclarts

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeclarted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beclarted
he, she, ithas beclarted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beclart

Synonyms

50 synonyms
soilB1blurB2contaminateB2dirtyA1fileB2foulB2spotB2stainB2bedirtyclatassoilbedaubbedizenbefile

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beckbeckonbecomeA1bedA1bedbug
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