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Smear Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Smear? [n] an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [n] a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [n] a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope [n] slanderous defamation [v] charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [v] cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" [v] spread or daub over [v] make a smudge on; soil by smudging [v] stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance Synonyms \| Synonyms for Smear: asperse \| bedaub \| besmear \| besmirch \| blot \| blot \| blur \| calumniate \| cytologic smear \| cytosmear \| daub \| daub \| defame \| denigrate \| malignment \| slander \| slur \| smirch \| smirch \| smirch \| smudge \| smudge \| smutch \| spot \| spot \| stain \| sully \| vilification Related Terms \| Find terms related to Smear: See Also \| accuse \| alimentary tract smear \| assassinate \| badmouth \| begrime \| bemire \| besmirch \| blemish \| blood \| blotch \| bronchoscopic smear \| calumny \| cervical smear \| charge \| colly \| cover \| cytologic specimen \| defamation \| defect \| dirty \| drag through the mud \| dust \| error \| fault \| fingermark \| fingerprint \| grime \| hatchet job \| inkblot \| libel \| lower respiratory tract smear \| malign \| mistake \| moil \| obloquy \| Pap smear \| Papanicolaou smear \| resmudge \| rub \| smirch \| soil \| splodge \| splotch \| sputum smear \| traduce \| traducement \| vaginal smear Smear In Webster's Dictionary \Smear\ (sm[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smeared} (sm[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smearing}.] [OE. smeren, smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to anoint. See {Smear}, n.] 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. ``Smear the sleepy grooms with blood.'' --Shak. 2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak. \Smear\, n. [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smj["o]r, Sw. & Dan. sm["o]r butter, Goth. sma['i]r[thorn]r fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. {Smirch}.] 1. A fat, oily substance; oinment. --Johnson. 2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain. Slow broke the morn, All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of light. --Alexander Smith.

Smear Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Smear?

[n] an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
[n] a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
[n] a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
[n] slanderous defamation
[v] charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
[v] cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
[v] spread or daub over
[v] make a smudge on; soil by smudging
[v] stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

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Smear In Webster's Dictionary

\Smear\ (sm[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smeared}
(sm[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smearing}.] [OE. smeren,
smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin
to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to
anoint. See {Smear}, n.]
1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or
   adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. ``Smear
   the sleepy grooms with blood.'' --Shak.

2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain
   morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak.


\Smear\, n. [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D.
smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smj["o]r, Sw. & Dan.
sm["o]r butter, Goth. sma['i]r[thorn]r fatness, smarna dung;
cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. {Smirch}.]
1. A fat, oily substance; oinment. --Johnson.

2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive
   substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

         Slow broke the morn, All damp and rolling vapor,
         with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of
         light.                                --Alexander
                                               Smith.

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