Smeared
[smiəd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Smear
(a.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).
Edited by Jeremy
Examples
- 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 pinch of the question is--why, after having provided the substitute dress, does she hide the smeared nightgown, instead of destroying it? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For that purpose, the surface whereon the deposition is to be made is smeared over with sweet oil, or with black lead. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- How do we know she may not have smeared my nightgown purposely with the paint? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The lines were then smeared with ink and pressed on the cardboard. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Out of them we dragged a bicycle, Palmer-tired, one pedal bent, and the whole front of it horribly smeared and slobbered with blood. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Maggy then smeared her muddy face with her shawl, and presenting it to Mr Clennam as a type of purity, enabled him to see what she was like. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That paint had been EIGHT HOURS DRY, Mr. Superintendent, when you supposed that the women-servants' petticoats smeared it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Find out how the person can account for having been in the room, and smeared the paint between midnight and three in the morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- 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.
- Do you remember when the smeared bit was done, sir? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And when I wrote slowest and smeared but with my finger most, father was best pleased, as he stood looking over me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Jeremy