Found 3 items, similar to Smearing.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: smearing pelumuran
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: Smearing 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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]