Smeared

smear  (smîr)

v. smeared, smear·ing, smears

v.tr.

1.

a. To spread or daub with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.

b. To apply by spreading or daubing: smeared suntan lotion on my face and arms.

2. To stain by or as if by spreading or daubing with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.

3. To stain or attempt to destroy the reputation of; vilify: political enemies who smeared his name.

4. Slang To defeat utterly; smash.

v.intr.

To be or become stained or dirtied.

n.

1. A mark made by smearing; a spot or blot.

2. A substance to be spread on a surface.

3. Biology A sample, as of blood or bacterial cells, spread on a slide for microscopic examination or on the surface of a culture medium.

4.

a. Vilification or slander.

b. A vilifying or slanderous remark.

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[Middle English smeren, to anoint, from Old English smerian.]