What does smear mean?

Definitions for smear
smɪərsmear

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

GCIDE

  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.

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  1. To Smearverb

    Etymology: smeran , Saxon; smeeren, Dutch.

    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.

    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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Dictionary

  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.]

Anagrams for smear »

  1. reams

  2. mares

  3. marse

  4. maser

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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. Wang Wenbin:

    Its nothing but fake news aimed to smear China, which only indicates how crazy some people have gone to taint Chinas image and damage China-U.S. relations, china pursues an independent foreign policy of peace. We have never started a war with others, not to mention paying non-state actors to attack other countries.

  2. Nancy Pelosi:

    You demonize...we call it the wrap-up smear, you smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise it and then you write it and say, See, it's reported in the press that this, this, and this... so they have that validation that the press reported the smear and then it's called a wrap-up-smear and the merchandise is the press' report on the smear we made. It's a tactic, and it's self-evident.

  3. Thursday Browder:

    Natalia engaged Glenn Simpson and Fusion GPS in order to run an anti-Magnitsky Act smear campaign in Washington D.C. which was funded by sources connected to the Russian government.

  4. Fox News:

    This effort to publicly smear a media organization just for having the temerity to cover and comment on allegations being pressed by the sitting President of the United States should be now recognized for what it is: a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

  5. Donald Trump:

    I spend my time delivering results for the people of Florida and fighting against Joe Biden, that’s how I spend my time. I don’t spend my time trying to smear other Republicans.

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