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smear

 
Noun smear has 4 senses
  1. smear, vilification, malignment - slanderous defamation
    --1 is a kind of defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
    Derived form: verb smear4
  2. smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear - a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
    --2 is a kind of cytologic specimen
    --2 has particulars:
     alimentary tract smear; cervical smear, Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear; lower respiratory tract smear, bronchoscopic smear, sputum smear; vaginal smear
  3. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
    --3 is a kind of blemish, defect, mar
    --3 has particulars:
     blotch, splodge, splotch; fingermark, fingerprint; inkblot
    Derived forms: verb smear2, verb smear1
  4. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
    --4 is a kind of mistake, error, fault
Verb smear has 4 senses
  1. smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
    --1 is one way to
    dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
    Derived form: noun smear3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. smear, blur, smudge, smutch - make a smudge on; soil by smudging
    --2 is one way to rub
    Derived form: noun smear3
    Sample sentences:
    The children smear the paper with grease
    The children smear grease onto the paper
  3. daub, smear - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
    --3 is one way to cover
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  4. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch - 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"
    --4 is one way to charge, accuse
    Derived form: noun smear1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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