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- Dictionarysmear/smɪə/
verb
- 1. coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance: "his face was smeared with dirt" Similar
- 2. damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander: "someone was trying to smear her by faking letters" Similar
noun
- 1. a mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance: "there was an oil smear on his jacket" Similar
- 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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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.
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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Damaging reputation. anti-defamation. aspersion. besmirch.
a. : a viscous or sticky substance. b. : a spot made by or as if by an unctuous or adhesive substance. 2. : material smeared on a surface (as of a microscopic slide) also : a preparation made by smearing material on a surface. a vaginal smear. 3.
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.
If something is smeared, it has dirty or oily marks on it..... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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:
1. verb. 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. My sister smeared herself with suntan oil and slept by the swimming pool. [VERB noun + with] Smear a little olive oil over the inside of the salad bowl.
