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smear [smɪə] vb (mainly tr) 1. to bedaub or cover with oil, grease, etc. 2. to rub over or apply thickly 3. to rub so as to produce a smudge 4. to slander 5. US slang to defeat completely 6. (intr) to be or become smeared or dirtied n 1. a dirty mark or smudge 2. a. a slanderous attack b. (as modifier) smear tactics 3. (Medicine) a preparation of blood, secretions, etc., smeared onto a glass slide for examination under a microscope [Old English smeoru (n); related to Old Norse smjör fat, Old High German smero, Greek muron ointment] smearer n Smear of curriers: a company of men skilled in dressing and colouring tanned leather, 1476. Examples: smear of curriers, 1486; of gynaecologists—Mensa.
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smear verb 1. spread over, daub, rub on, cover, coat, plaster, bedaub Smear a little olive oil over the inside of the salad bowl. noun 2. slander, libel, defamation, vilification, whispering campaign, calumny, mudslinging a smear by his rivals Translations smear [smɪəʳ] B. VT 1. → untar to smear one's face with blood → untarse la cara de sangre to smear wet paint → manchar la pintura fresca 2. [+ print, lettering etc] → borrar C. VI [paint, ink etc] → correrse D. CPD smear campaign N → campaña f de difamación smear tactics NPL → tácticas fpl de difamación smear test N (Med) → frotis m, citología f smear [ˈsmɪər] n (= dirty mark) → tache f, salissure f a smear of sth → une tache de qch a smear of blue paint → une tache de peinture bleue (= medical test) → frottis m (= false rumour) → calomnie f vt to smear sth with sth [+ oil, grease, cream] → enduire qch de qch Smear a little olive oil around the inside of the bowl → Enduisez l'intérieur du saladier d'un peu d'huile d'olive. to be smeared with sth (= dirtied) → être maculé(e) de qch His hands were smeared with ink → Il avait les mains maculées d'encre. (= spread rumours about) [+ person] → porter atteinte à smear campaign n → campagne f de diffamation smear tactics npl → procédés mpl diffamatoires smear test n (British) → frottis m smear n → verschmierter Fleck; (fig) → Beschmutzung f, → Verleumdung f; (Med) → Abstrich m; he had smears of blood/grease on his hands → er hatte blut-/fettbeschmierte Hände; this left a smear on the institution → das hinterließ einen Fleck auf dem guten Namen der Institution; he angrily repudiated their smears → empört wies er ihre Verleumdungen zurück vt grease, ointment → schmieren; (= spread) → verschmieren; (= mark, make dirty) → beschmieren; face, body → einschmieren; don’t smear the paint → verschmiere die Farbe nicht! (fig) person → verunglimpfen; sb’s reputation, name → beschmutzen, besudeln; organization → in den Schmutz ziehen vi (glass) → verschmieren; (print) → verschmiert or verwischt werden; (ballpoint pen) → schmieren; (paint, ink) → verlaufen smear: smear campaign n → Verleumdungskampagne f smear tactics pl → Verleumdungstaktiken pl smear test n (Med) → Abstrich m smear word n → Schimpfwort nt smear [smɪəʳ] 2. vt a. (butter) → spalmare to smear cream on one's hands, smear one's hands with cream → spalmarsi le mani di crema b. (make dirty) → sporcare; (smudge, ink, paint) → sbavare the page was smeared → c'erano delle sbavature sulla pagina his hands were smeared with oil/ink → aveva le mani sporche di olio/inchiostro c. (fig) (libel) → calunniare, diffamare 3. vi (paint, ink) → sbavare smear [smɪəʳ] 2. vt a. (butter) → spalmare to smear cream on one's hands, smear one's hands with cream → spalmarsi le mani di crema b. (make dirty) → sporcare; (smudge, ink, paint) → sbavare the page was smeared → c'erano delle sbavature sulla pagina his hands were smeared with oil/ink → aveva le mani sporche di olio/inchiostro c. (fig) (libel) → calunniare, diffamare 3. vi (paint, ink) → sbavare 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 (끈적끈적 한 것, 기름기 있는 것 등을) 묻히다 išterlioti []smērēt; notriept sapu smeren smøre (på), tilgrise smarować espalhar a păta мазать, размазывать zamazať, zašpiniť namazati razmazati smeta ละเลง sürmek, sıvamak 塗抹(油或黏性物) 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 문질러 알아보지 못하게 하다 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 (명성을 등을) 손상시키다 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 오점 dėmė traips; smērējums sapuan vlek tilgrising, flekk plama, smuga nódoa pată пятно škvrna madež mrlja fläck สิ่งที่เอาไว้ทาหรือป้าย leke 污點 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, 비방 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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