SMEAR

blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain

(noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; “he made a huge blot on his copybook”

smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur

(noun) a blemish made by dirt; “he had a smudge on his cheek”

smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear

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

smear, vilification, malignment

(noun) slanderous defamation

defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch

(verb) 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”

daub, smear

(verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; “smear the wall with paint”; “daub the ceiling with plaster”

smear, blur, smudge, smutch

(verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging

smear

(verb) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

smear (third-person singular simple present smears, present participle smearing, simple past and past participle smeared)

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

(transitive) To have a substance smeared on (a surface).

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

(intransitive) To become spread by smearing.

(climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.

Synonyms

• (spread (a substance)): spread

• (have a substance smeared on): coat, cover, layer

Noun

smear (countable and uncountable, plural smears)

A mark made by smearing.

(radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.

(medicine) A Pap smear.

A false attack.

(climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact

(music) A rough glissando in jazz music.

Synonyms

• (mark): streak

• (Pap smear): Pap smear, Pap test

Anagrams

• MASER, Mares, Marse, mares, marse, maser, mears, rames, reams

Source: Wiktionary

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Smear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.] Etym: [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.]

1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. "Smear the sleepy grooms with blood." Shak.

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

Smear, n. Etym: [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smjör, Sw. & Dan. smör butter, Goth. smaír fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. Smirch.]

1. A fat, oily substance; oinment. Johnson.

2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain. Slow broke the morn, All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of light. Alexander Smith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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