Found 3 items, similar to Smear.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: smear
calit, conteng, coreng, corengan, coret, melumasi, melumurkan, membalurkan, memulas, mencontengkan, mencoteng
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: smear
smear
n 1: slanderous defamation [syn:
vilification,
malignment]
2: a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and
stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a
microscope [syn:
cytologic smear,
cytosmear]
3: a blemish made by dirt;
“he had a smudge on his cheek” [syn:
smudge,
spot,
blot,
daub,
smirch,
slur]
4: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it;
“he
made a huge blot on his copybook” [syn:
blot,
smirch,
spot,
stain]
smear
v 1: stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
2: make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn:
blur,
smudge,
smutch]
3: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it;
“smear
the wall with paint”;
“daub the ceiling with plaster”
[syn:
daub]
4: 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” [syn:
defame,
slander,
smirch,
asperse,
denigrate,
calumniate,
sully,
besmirch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Smear
Smear
\Smear\ (sm[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Smeared
(sm[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Smearing.] [OE. smeren,
smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin
to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to
anoint. See
Smear, n.]
1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or
adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
“Smear
the sleepy grooms with blood.” --Shak.
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2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain
morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak.
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3. To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures,
etc.).
[PJC]
4. to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation),
especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with
malicious intent.
[PJC]
Smear
\Smear\, n. [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D.
smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smj["o]r, Sw. & Dan.
sm["o]r butter, Goth. sma['i]r[thorn]r fatness, smarna dung;
cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf.
Smirch.]
1. A fat, oily substance; oinment. --Johnson.
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2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive
substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
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Slow broke the morn,
All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun,
But in its place a moving smear of light.
--Alexander
Smith.
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