ALL meanings of smear
smear
S s - verb with object smear to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread. 1
- verb with object smear to spread or daub an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance on: to smear bread with butter. 1
- verb with object smear to stain, spot, or make dirty with something oily, greasy, viscous, or wet. 1
- verb with object smear to sully, vilify, or soil (a reputation, good name, etc.). 1
- verb with object smear to smudge or blur, as by rubbing: The signature was smeared. 1
- verb with object smear Slang. to defeat decisively; overwhelm: They smeared the home team. 1
- noun smear an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance. 1
- noun smear a stain, spot, or mark made by such a substance. 1
- noun smear a smudge. 1
- noun smear something smeared or to be smeared on a thing, as a glaze for pottery. 1
- noun smear a small quantity of something spread thinly on a slide for microscopic examination. 1
- noun smear vilification: a smear by a cheap gossip columnist. 1
- noun smear dirty mark 1
- abbreviation SMEAR smudge 1
- intransitive verb smear apply, layer on sth 1
- intransitive verb smear cover with sth 1
- noun smear laboratory sample 1
- noun smear words to harm reputation 1
- noun smear test for cervical cancer 1
- intransitive verb smear become smudged 1
- transitive verb smear lie to harm reputation of 1
- verb smear If you smear a surface with an oily or sticky substance or smear the substance onto the surface, you spread a layer of the substance over the surface. 0
- countable noun smear A smear is a dirty or oily mark. 0
- verb smear To smear someone means to spread unpleasant and untrue rumours or accusations about them in order to damage their reputation. 0
- countable noun smear A smear is an unpleasant and untrue rumour or accusation that is intended to damage someone's reputation. 0
- countable noun smear A smear or a smear test is a medical test in which a few cells are taken from a woman's cervix and examined to see if any cancer cells are present. 0
- verb smear to bedaub or cover with oil, grease, etc 0
- verb smear to rub over or apply thickly 0
- verb smear to rub so as to produce a smudge 0
- verb smear to slander 0
- verb smear to defeat completely 0
- verb smear to be or become smeared or dirtied 0
- noun smear a dirty mark or smudge 0
- noun smear a slanderous attack 0
- noun smear (as modifier) 0
- noun smear a preparation of blood, secretions, etc, smeared onto a glass slide for examination under a microscope 0
- verb transitive smear to cover, daub, or soil with something greasy, sticky, or dirty 0
- verb transitive smear to apply or daub (something greasy, sticky, or dirty) so as to leave a coating, mark, etc. 0
- verb transitive smear to make an unwanted mark or streak on, or to obscure, by rubbing 0
- verb transitive smear to make a smear with 0
- verb transitive smear to harm the reputation of; malign; slander 0
- verb transitive smear to overwhelm or defeat decisively 0
- intransitive verb smear to be or become smeared 0
- noun smear a spot or mark made by smearing 0
- noun smear a small quantity of some substance, as blood, smeared on a slide for microscopic study, etc. 0
- noun smear the act or an instance of smearing, or slandering, someone 0
- noun smear ointment 0
- noun smear a substance to be smeared on something 0