What part of speech is smear?

Smear can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. smear is a verb, present, 1st person singular of smear (infinitive).
  • 2. smear is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. smear is a noun, singular of smears.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does smear mean?

Definitions

Verb

smear - make a smudge on; soil by smudging
smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
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"
smear - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

Noun

smear - a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
smear - slanderous defamation
smear - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
smear - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Examples of smear

#   Sentence  
1. verb Smear the wall with paint.
2. verb Put them on the baking pan and smear them with egg whites.
3. verb First clean it, smear it with a little oil, and put it back.
4. verb If she cries, she'll smear her eyeliner.
5. verb The separatists want to smear the name of a well-known Berber activist.
6. verb The separatists have vainly tried to smear the name of a well-known Berber activist.
7. verb The separatists are trying to smear my name on Facebook but they're only wasting their time.
8. verb The separatists are barking like enraged street prostitutes to smear my name on Facebook, but everyone knows that they're nothing more than mad bitches barking at everyone and no one believes them except separatist bitches like them.
9. verb The separatists caught a Berber language activist in his moment of weakness to smear his name and harass him online.
10. noun I'd like to have a Pap smear done.
11. noun "Father, in thy charge remain / Troy's gods; for me, red-handed with the smear / of blood, and fresh from slaughter, 'twere profane / to touch them, ere the stream hath cleansed me of the stain."
Sentence  
verb
Smear the wall with paint.
Put them on the baking pan and smear them with egg whites.
First clean it, smear it with a little oil, and put it back.
If she cries, she'll smear her eyeliner.
The separatists want to smear the name of a well-known Berber activist.
The separatists have vainly tried to smear the name of a well-known Berber activist.
The separatists are trying to smear my name on Facebook but they're only wasting their time.
The separatists are barking like enraged street prostitutes to smear my name on Facebook, but everyone knows that they're nothing more than mad bitches barking at everyone and no one believes them except separatist bitches like them.
The separatists caught a Berber language activist in his moment of weakness to smear his name and harass him online.
noun
I'd like to have a Pap smear done.
"Father, in thy charge remain / Troy's gods; for me, red-handed with the smear / of blood, and fresh from slaughter, 'twere profane / to touch them, ere the stream hath cleansed me of the stain."

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