smear

[Smear]

To smear something is to smudge or blur it. You might literally smear your pen and ink drawing, or figuratively have your reputation smeared by getting caught in a lie.

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

Noun
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Noun
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

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
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"

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Verb
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

Verb
make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Verb
stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance


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.


Smear

Smear , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared ; 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

Smear, n. [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smj'94r, Sw. & Dan. sm'94r butter, Goth. sma'a1rr 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.

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

A fat, oily substance; oinment.

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Usage Examples

I would borrow my mom's red Borghese lipstick and smear it on like a clown!

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