Definitions for smear
smɪərsmear

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. smear, vilification, malignmentnoun

   slanderous defamation

2. smear, cytologic smear, cytosmearnoun

   a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

3. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun

   a blemish made by dirt

   "he had a smudge on his cheek"

4. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stainverb

   an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

   "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

5. smearverb

   stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

6. smear, blur, smudge, smutchverb

   make a smudge on; soil by smudging

7. daub, smearverb

   cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

   "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

8. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb

   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"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smearverb

   To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).

2. Smearverb

   to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. smearnoun

   A mark made by smearing.

   This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears.

2. smearnoun

   A Pap smear.

   I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear.

3. smearnoun

   A false attack.

4. smearverb

   To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.

   The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.

5. smearverb

   To have a substance smeared on (a surface).

   She smeared her lips with lipstick.

6. smearverb

   To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.

   The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.

7. smearverb

   To become spread by smearing.

   The paint is still wet uE000179230uE001 don't touch it or it will smear.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Smearverb

   Etymology: smeran , Saxon; smeeren, Dutch.

   1. To overspread with something viscous and adhesive; to besmear.

   If any such be here, that love this painting,
   Wherein you see me smear’d,
   If any think brave death outweighs bad life,
   Let him wave thus. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Then from the mountain hewing timber tall,
   Began to build a vessel of huge bulk,
   Smear’d round with pitch. John Milton.

   Smear’d as she was with black Gorgonean blood,
   The fury sprang above the Stygian flood. Dryden.

   2. To soil; to contaminate.

   Why had I not, with charitable hand,
   Took up a beggar’s issue at my gates?
   Who smeered thus, and mir’d with infamy,
   I might have said no part of it is mine. William Shakespeare.

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1. smear

   1) A smear is a mark or stain made by spreading a substance on a surface. 2) In medical terms, a smear refers to a sample of material (such as blood or tissue) spread onto a slide for microscopic examination. 3) In journalism or politics, a smear is an untrue or damaging accusation or story intended to harm a person's reputation. 4) As a verb, smear means to spread or rub a substance like grease, oil or cream over a surface.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smearnoun

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

2. Smearnoun

   to soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy

3. Smearnoun

   a fat, oily substance; oinment

4. Smearnoun

   hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain

5. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smear

   smēr, v.t. to overspread with anything sticky or oily, as grease: to daub.—n. Smear′iness.—adj. Smear′y, sticky: showing smears. [A.S. smeru, fat, grease; Ger. schmeer, grease, Ice. smjör, butter.]

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Cytologic Specimen
   • Defamation
   • Dirty

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Anagrams for smear »

1. reams

2. mares

3. marse

4. maser

How to pronounce smear?

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How to say smear in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smear in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smear in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of smear in a Sentence

1. Samit Aich:

   This is a smear, pure and simple, we believe in the Indian legal system. A campaign is being waged against dissent, but we will not be cowed.

2. Ronan Farrow:

   According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, NBC News General Counsel Susan Weiner made a series of phone calls to Farrow, threatening to smear him if he continued to report on Weinstein.

3. James Mitchell:

   People gave their lives to protect the American people. And the last thing the Democrats want to do as they leave office is to smear their memory. It's despicable.

4. Penny Mordaunt:

   She was talking about what motivates her personally, this is an attempt I think by a paper that has declared for the other candidate to smear Andrea.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   Democrats have signaled for months they'd put on whatever performance the far left special interests demanded and throw all the mud, all the mud they could manufacture, even by the far left's standards, this evil, evil smear campaign has hit a new low.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=smear
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=smear
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Smear
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=smear
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smear
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=smear
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=smear