| 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. [Middle English smeren, to anoint, from Old English smerian.] |
smear
Verb
1. to spread with a greasy or sticky substance
2. to apply (a greasy or sticky substance) thickly
3. to rub so as to produce a smudge
4. to spread false and damaging rumours (about)
Noun
1. a dirty mark or smudge
2. a false but damaging rumour spread by a rival or enemy
3. Med a small amount of a substance smeared onto a glass slide for examination under a microscope [Old English smeoru a smear]
smeary adj
Smear of curriers: a company of men skilled in dressing and colouring tanned leather, 1476.
Examples: smear of curriers, 1486; of gynaecologists—Mensa.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | smear - slanderous defamation calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| 2. | smear - a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope alimentary tract smear - any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract; obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts cervical smear, Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear - a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells bronchoscopic smear, lower respiratory tract smear, sputum smear - any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs vaginal smear - smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis cytologic specimen - a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis | |
| 3. |  smear - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" fingermark, fingerprint - a smudge made by a (dirty) finger inkblot - a blot made with ink | |
| 4. | smear - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" | |
| Verb | 1. | smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance moil - moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter" |
| 2. | smear - make a smudge on; soil by smudging rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" resmudge - smudge again dust - rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image" | |
| 3. | smear - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" blood - smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill daub - apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" | |
| 4. | smear - 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" accuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character" libel - print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere" |
smear
Translations
smear [smɪəʳ] n (trace) → verschmierter Fleck m;
(insult) → Verleumdung f;
(Med) → Abstrich m
vt (spread) → verschmieren;
(make dirty) → beschmieren;
smear [smɪəʳ] n → macchia;
vt → ungere;
his hands were smeared with oil/ink → aveva le mani sporche di olio/inchiostro
v smear [smiə]
1 to spread (something sticky or oily) over a surface The little boy smeared jam on the chair. smeer يَدْهَن، يَطْلي мажа pomazat, umazat smøre schmieren πασαλείβω, απλώνω untar, embadurnar määrima ماليدن levittää barbouiller לִמרוֹחַ लीपना, पोतना, फैलाना, प्रसारित करना, बिछाना zamazati, zamastiti beken mengoleskan smyrja, ata spalmare 塗りつける (기름 등을) 바르다 išterlioti []smērēt; notriept sapu smeren smøre (på), tilgrise smarować espalhar a păta мазать, размазывать zamazať, zašpiniť namazati razmazati smeta ละเลง sürmek, sıvamak 塗抹(油或粘性物) розмазати دھبّا لگانا، چکنا یا داغدار کرنا làm vấy bẩn, làm hoen ố 涂抹（油或粘性物）
2 to make or become blurred; to smudge He brushed against the newly painted notice and smeared the lettering. smeer يُلَطِّخ، يُلَوِّث зацапвам rozmazat tvære ud verschmieren μουντζουρώνω borrar, manchar (ära) määrima كثيف كردن tuhria brouiller לִמרוֹחַ धूं-धूं कर जलना zamrljati elken mengaburkan ata/klína út macchiare よごす ...을 문질러 더럽히다; 못알아보게 되다 iš(si)terlioti, sutepti izsmērēt; izsmērēties mengaburkan vlekkerig maken smøre til, gni utover rozmazywać się borrar a păta смазать rozmazať razmazati zamutiti sudda[] ut ทำให้เปื้อน bulaştırmak, lekelemek 弄髒 бруднити دھندلا ہونا یا کرنا làm mờ, làm tối 弄脏
3 to try to discredit (a person etc) by slandering him He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us. smeer يُشَوِّه سُمْعَة опетнявам pošpinit, zostudit rakke ned på verleumden δυσφημίζω calumniar, difamar (kedagi) mustama حيثيت كسي را لكه دار كردن mustamaalata porter atteinte à (la réputation) לְהַשמִיץ बदनाम करना ocrniti, oklevetati befeketít, bemocskol memfitnah sverta mannorð (e-s) með rógburði calunniare, diffamare 中傷する (명예 등을) 손상하다 sutepti gerą vardą, apjuodinti apmelot; celt neslavu memfitnah belasteren bakvaske, rakke ned på oczerniać difamar a calomnia порочить pošpiniť očrniti širiti klevete smutskasta ทำให้เสื่อมเสีย karalamak, lekelemek 誹謗 ганьбити; безчестити بدنام کرنا bôi xấu, bôi nhọ 诽谤
n
1 a mark made by smearing. smeermerk لَطْخَه، بُقْعَه петно skvrna plet der Fleck μουντζούρα mancha plekk لكه tahra salissure כֶּתֶם लेप, आलेप mrlja, razmaz (zsír)folt tanda olesan klessa, blettur macchia しみ 얼룩, 오점 dėmė traips; smērējums sapuan vlek tilgrising, flekk plama, smuga nódoa pată пятно škvrna madež mrlja fläck สิ่งที่เอาไว้ทาหรือป้าย leke 汙點 пляма; мазок داغ đốm bẩn, vết bẩn 污点
2 a piece of slander. smeerpraatjie إفْتِراء لِتَشْويه السُّمْعَه клевета pomluva bagvaskelse die Verleumdung συκοφαντία, δυσφήμιση calumnia laim شايعه herjaus calomnie הַשמָצָה दुष्प्रचार kleveta rágalmazás fitnah rógburður calunnia 中傷 중상, 명예 훼손 apkalba apmelojums fitnah laster bakvasking, ærekrenkelse obmowa difamação calomnie клевета klebeta kleveta sekret smutskastning การใส่ร้ายป้ายสี iftira 誹謗 наклеп; безчестя داغدار کرنے کا عمل sự bôi nhọ, lời nói xấu 诽谤
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