Smear

[smɪə] or [smɪr]

Definition

(noun.) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope.

(noun.) slanderous defamation.

(verb.) make a smudge on; soil by smudging.

(verb.) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance.

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Definition

(n.) To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

(n.) To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.

(n.) A fat, oily substance; oinment.

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

Editor: Samantha

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Daub, bedaub, besmear, plaster, begrime, PAY.[2]. Contaminate, soil, stain, pollute, tarnish, sully.

n. Daub, stain.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Daub, plaster, spatter, tarnish, besmear, coat, begrime, varnish, incrust

ANT:Abrade, levigate, polish, scour, scrape

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Definition

v.t. to overspread with anything sticky or oily as grease: to daub.—n. Smear′iness.—adj. Smear′y sticky: showing smears.

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Examples

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