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Definition of Smear

1. Noun. Slanderous defamation.

2. Verb. Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance.

3. Noun. A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope.

4. Verb. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging. "The children smear grease onto the paper"

5. Noun. A blemish made by dirt. ; "He had a smudge on his cheek"

6. Verb. Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it. "Daub the ceiling with plaster"

7. Noun. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. "He made a huge blot on his copybook"

8. Verb. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

Definition of Smear

1. v. t. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

2. n. A fat, oily substance; oinment.

Definition of Smear

1. to spread with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Smear

1. 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. "Smear the sleepy grooms with blood." 2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Origin: OE. Smeren, smerien, AS. Smierwan, smyrwan, fr. Smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. Smeren, OHG. Smirwen, G. Schmieren, Icel. Smyrja to anoint. See Smear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Smear

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smatterings smatters smaze smazes smear (current term) smear (current term) smearcase smearcases smeared smeared

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Literary usage of Smear

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1. Therapeutic Gazette (1907)
"Stain with carbol fuchsin about one minute (carbolic acid 5, fuchsin 1, water smear. It is also well to have some disinterested party mark the slides in ..."

2. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"If any doubt as their identity exists, a smear may stained by Gram's method, in which 1 gonococcus is ... smear made from cha stained by india-ink method. ..."

3. A Manual of Bacteriology by George Miller Sternberg (1892)
"smear preparation from liver of yellow-fever cadaver, kept forty-eight boors in an antiseptic wrapping, x 1000. From a photomicrograph. ..."

4. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"To smear in the literal sense is applied to such substances as may be rubbed like grease over a body ; if said of grease itself, it may be proper, ..."

5. British Zoology by Thomas Pennant (1776)
"smear- Rhombus laevis ... in London^ where it is known by the name of the smear-dab. It was a foot and a half long, and eleven inches broad between fin and ..."

6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"•y'SMA, to nib, stroke; longer form SMAR, to rub over, smear, wipe. ... Extended from y'SMAR, to smear (no. 446). 451. ./SRU, also STRU, to flow, stream. ..."

7. Diagnosis of Protozoa and Worms Parasitic in Man by Robert William Hegner, William Walter Cort (1921)
"Donaldson's iodin-eosin smear method, a. Make up a fresh solution as follows: ... "The smear is prepared for microscopic examination by rubbing out a minute ..."

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