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Smear

//smiɚ//

Definitions

verbsmears · smearing · smeared

1
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
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apply daub plaster
2
To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
She smeared her lips with lipstick.
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bedaub coat cover
3
To make something dirty.
A man may bee smeared or grimed, and euerie man shall laugh at him, and yet he himselfe shall not perceiue it a whit.
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besmirch dirty soil

nounsmears

1
A mark made by smearing.
This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears.
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streak

Word Origin

From Middle English smeren, smerien, from Old English smerian, smyrian, smierwan (“to anoint or rub with grease, oil, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. Doub...

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Smear

//smiɚ//

Definitions

verbsmears · smearing · smeared

1
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
Similar
apply daub plaster
2
To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
She smeared her lips with lipstick.
Similar
bedaub coat cover
3
To make something dirty.
A man may bee smeared or grimed, and euerie man shall laugh at him, and yet he himselfe shall not perceiue it a whit.
Similar
besmirch dirty soil

nounsmears

1
A mark made by smearing.
This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears.
Similar
streak

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A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.

smear campaign

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calumny slander slur

A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.

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squash