Smear
[smɪə] or [smɪr]
Definition
(noun.) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope.
(noun.) slanderous defamation.
(verb.) make a smudge on; soil by smudging.
(verb.) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance.
Checked by Gerald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
(n.) To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
(n.) A fat, oily substance; oinment.
(n.) Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
Editor: Samantha
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Daub, bedaub, besmear, plaster, begrime, PAY.[2]. Contaminate, soil, stain, pollute, tarnish, sully.
n. Daub, stain.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Daub, plaster, spatter, tarnish, besmear, coat, begrime, varnish, incrust
ANT:Abrade, levigate, polish, scour, scrape
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Definition
v.t. to overspread with anything sticky or oily as grease: to daub.—n. Smear′iness.—adj. Smear′y sticky: showing smears.
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Examples
- Had left it, as late as twelve at night, without a smear. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Hearing that this was impossible, he next sent for a magnifying-glass, and tried how the smear looked, seen that way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The next thing was the arrival of Sergeant Cuff; and the next great surprise was the announcement of what HE thought about the smear on the door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The marks from the smear on the door must be on some article of dress belonging to somebody in this house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There is a smear on the painting of your door, here. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I admit that the mark of the paint proves the nightgown to have made the smear on Rachel's door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Do you happen to know anything about the smear? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- All the signs visible--signs which told that the paint had been smeared by some loose article of somebody's dress touching it in going by. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And he smeared his ragged rough sleeve over his eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Find out (third) how the person can account for having been in this room, and smeared the paint, between midnight and three in the morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- By the use of l inen smeared with gum they excluded all putrefactive agencies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The cup is small, it is smeared with grounds; the coffee is black, thick, unsavory of smell, and execrable in taste. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Pointing to this result as a large and satisfactory one, Mr Boffin smeared it out with his moistened glove, and sat down on the remains. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He perfected the dot and dash code, he invented the device for embossing the message, and replaced the inking pen by a metal disc, smeared with ink, that rolled the dots and dashes on the paper. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The blood-stains were very slight, mere smears and discolourations, but undoubtedly fresh. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Confound the stuff, it won't blow off--smears like black fat! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Following the drops and smears, she saw that the watery margin of the bank was bloody. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Attempts to insulate the line wire were limited to coating it with tar or smearing it with wax for the benefit of all the bees in the neighborhood. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If a live rat be caught, smeared with tar, and allowed to escape into the holes he will do the smearing process thoroughly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Checker: Rudolph