 smear |
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| 1. | [ verb ] spread or daub over | |
| Synonyms: | besmear bedaub | |
| Related terms: | cover birdlime | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a blemish made by dirt | |
| Synonyms: | blot spot daub smirch slur smudge | |
| Examples: | "he had a smudge on his cheek" |
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| Related terms: | blemish blotch fingermark inkblot spot smirch blot spot | |
| 3. | [ noun ] slanderous defamation | |
| Synonyms: | malignment vilification | |
| Related terms: | defamation badmouth | |
| 4. | [ verb ] charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | |
| Synonyms: | besmirch calumniate asperse denigrate slander sully smirch defame | |
| Examples: | "The journalists have defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
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| Related terms: | charge badmouth libel assassinate defamation aspersion aspersion defamer slander | |
| 5. | [ verb ] cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | |
| Synonyms: | daub | |
| Examples: | "smear the wall with paint" "daub the ceiling with plaster" |
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| Related terms: | cover blood daub daub | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (medicine) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | |
| Synonyms: | cytosmear cytologic_smear | |
| Related terms: | cytologic_specimen sample vaginal_smear alimentary_tract_smear bronchoscopic_smear cervical_smear | |
| 7. | [ verb ] make a smudge on; soil by smudging | |
| Synonyms: | smudge smutch blur | |
| Related terms: | rub resmudge dust smudge | |
| 8. | [ verb ] stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | |
| Related terms: | dirty smirch moil smudge | |
| 9. | [ noun ] an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | |
| Synonyms: | smirch spot stain blot | |
| Examples: | "he made a huge blot on his copybook" |
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| Related terms: | mistake tarnish | |
| Similar spelling: |
Smyer Smarr Smyre shmear |
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