Definitions for smear
Overview of noun smear
The noun smear has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. smear, vilification, malignment
(slanderous defamation)
2. smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear
(a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope)
3. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
(a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek")
4. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
(an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook")
Overview of verb smear
The verb smear has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. smear
(stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance)
2. smear, blur, smudge, smutch
(make a smudge on; soil by smudging)
3. daub, smear
(cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster")
4. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
(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")
