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Definition of Smear
1. Verb. Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance.
Generic synonyms: Begrime, Bemire, Colly, Dirty, Grime, Soil
2. Noun. Slanderous defamation.
Generic synonyms: Calumniation, Calumny, Defamation, Hatchet Job, Obloquy, Traducement
Derivative terms: Malign, Vilify
3. Verb. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging. "The children smear grease onto the paper"
Generic synonyms: Rub
Specialized synonyms: Resmudge, Dust
Derivative terms: Smudge
4. Noun. A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope.
Specialized synonyms: Alimentary Tract Smear, Cervical Smear, Pap Smear, Papanicolaou Smear, Bronchoscopic Smear, Lower Respiratory Tract Smear, Sputum Smear, Vaginal Smear
Generic synonyms: Cytologic Specimen
5. Verb. Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it. ; "Daub the ceiling with plaster"
Specialized synonyms: Blood
Related verbs: Daub
Generic synonyms: Cover
Derivative terms: Daub, Dauber
6. Noun. A blemish made by dirt. "He had a smudge on his cheek"
Generic synonyms: Blemish, Defect, Mar
Specialized synonyms: Blotch, Splodge, Splotch, Fingermark, Fingerprint, Inkblot
Derivative terms: Blot, Blot, Smirch, Smudge, Smudgy, Spot, Spot
7. Verb. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
Generic synonyms: Accuse, Charge
Specialized synonyms: Assassinate, Libel, Badmouth, Drag Through The Mud, Malign, Traduce
Derivative terms: Aspersion, Aspersion, Calumny, Calumny, Defamation, Defamation, Defamatory, Defamer, Denigration, Denigratory, Slander, Slander, Slanderer, Smirch
8. Noun. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. "He made a huge blot on his copybook"
Generic synonyms: Error, Fault, Mistake
Derivative terms: Smirch, Stain
Definition of Smear
1. v. t. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
2. n. A fat, oily substance; oinment.
Definition of Smear
1. Verb. (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To have a substance smeared on (a surface). ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To become spread by smearing. ¹
5. Noun. A mark made by smearing. ¹
6. Noun. (medicine) A Pap smear. ¹
7. Noun. A false attack. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smear
1. to spread with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Smear
1. 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. "Smear the sleepy grooms with blood." 2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Origin: OE. Smeren, smerien, AS. Smierwan, smyrwan, fr. Smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. Smeren, OHG. Smirwen, G. Schmieren, Icel. Smyrja to anoint. See Smear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smear
Literary usage of Smear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutic Gazette (1907)
"Stain with carbol fuchsin about one minute (carbolic acid 5, fuchsin 1, water smear.
It is also well to have some disinterested party mark the slides in ..."
2. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"If any doubt as their identity exists, a smear may stained by Gram's method, in
which 1 gonococcus is ... smear made from cha stained by india-ink method. ..."
3. A Manual of Bacteriology by George Miller Sternberg (1892)
"smear preparation from liver of yellow-fever cadaver, kept forty-eight boors in
an antiseptic wrapping, x 1000. From a photomicrograph. ..."
4. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"To smear in the literal sense is applied to such substances as may be rubbed like
grease over a body ; if said of grease itself, it may be proper, ..."
5. British Zoology by Thomas Pennant (1776)
"smear- Rhombus laevis ... in London^ where it is known by the name of the smear-dab.
It was a foot and a half long, and eleven inches broad between fin and ..."
6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"•y'SMA, to nib, stroke; longer form SMAR, to rub over, smear, wipe. ... Extended from
y'SMAR, to smear (no. 446). 451. ./SRU, also STRU, to flow, stream. ..."
7. Diagnosis of Protozoa and Worms Parasitic in Man by Robert William Hegner, William Walter Cort (1921)
"Donaldson's iodin-eosin smear method, a. Make up a fresh solution as follows:
... "The smear is prepared for microscopic examination by rubbing out a minute ..."
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