Definition of smears Smears
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What does smears mean?
Part of speech
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| smear - a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | ||
| cytologic smear, cytosmear | ||
| cytologic specimen a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis | ||
| alimentary tract smear any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract; obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts | ||
| cervical smear, pap smear, papanicolaou smear a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells | ||
| bronchoscopic smear, lower respiratory tract smear, sputum smear any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs | ||
| smear - slanderous defamation | ||
| vilification, malignment | ||
| calumniation, hatchet job, traducement, calumny, defamation, obloquy a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | ||
| smear - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" | ||
| smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur | ||
| blemish, mar, defect a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" | ||
| blotch, splodge, splotch an irregularly shaped spot | ||
| fingermark, fingerprint a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | ||
| smear - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" | ||
| blot, smirch, spot, stain | ||
| mistake, error, fault a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" | ||
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| smear - make a smudge on; soil by smudging | ||
| blur, smudge, smutch | ||
| rub move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" | ||
| resmudge smudge again | ||
| dust remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets" | ||
| smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | ||
| begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" | ||
| moil moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter" | ||
| besmirch, smirch smear so as to make dirty or stained | ||
| smear - 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" | ||
| defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch | ||
| accuse, charge bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" | ||
| assassinate destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character" | ||
| libel print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" | ||
| badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere" | ||
| smear - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" | ||
| daub | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| blood smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill | ||
| daub cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- smear (Noun)
A mark made by smearing. - smear (Noun)
A Pap smear . - smear (Noun)
A false attack. - smear (Verb)
To spread a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty across a surface by rubbing. - smear (Verb)
To have a substance smeared on a surface. - smear (Verb)
To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions. - smear (Verb)
To become spread by smearing.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- smear (n.)
To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. - smear (n.)
To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. - smear (n.)
A fat, oily substance; oinment. - smear (n.)
Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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smear
To spread (a substance) across a surface by rubbing.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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smear
smēr, v.t. to overspread with anything sticky or oily, as grease: to daub.—n. Smear′iness.—adj. Smear′y, sticky: showing smears. [A.S. smeru, fat, grease; Ger. schmeer, grease, Ice. smjör, butter.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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smear
A plasterer.
