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    smear
    /smɪə/

    verb

    noun

    • 1. a mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance: "there was an oil smear on his jacket" Similar streaksmudgedaubdab
    • 2. a sample of tissue or other material taken from part of the body, spread thinly on a microscope slide for examination, typically for medical diagnosis: "the smears were stained for cryptosporidium"

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  2. Smeared is the past tense and past participle of smear, which means to spread a liquid or a thick substance over a surface, or to publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant. See how to use smeared in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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  3. Learn the definition of smear as a verb and a noun, with examples of usage and synonyms. Find out how to pronounce smear and how to translate it in different languages.

  4. Learn the noun and verb meanings of smear, a word that can describe a sticky substance, a spot, a charge, or an action. See synonyms, examples, and word history of smear.

  5. to publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true in order to harm their reputation: She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life.

  6. Smeared means having dirty or oily marks on something. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, pronounce it, and find synonyms and translations in other languages.

  7. noun. an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance. a stain, spot, or mark made by such a substance. a smudge. something smeared or to be smeared on a thing, as a glaze for pottery. a small quantity of something spread thinly on a slide for microscopic examination. vilification:

  8. Learn the various meanings and uses of the word smear, such as to spread a substance on a surface, to damage someone's reputation, or to perform a medical test. See examples, synonyms, pronunciation, and word origin of smear.