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smear
I. \ˈsmi(ə)r, -iə\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English smere, from Old English smeoru; akin to Old Saxon & Old High German smero fat, grease, lard, Old Norse smör, smjör fat, butter, Gothic smairthr fat, smarna dung, Old Irish smir, smiur marrow, Greek smyrid-, smyris powdered emery, myron unguent, perfume
1.
a.
(1) obsolete : a fat oily substance : ointment, grease
(2) : a viscous or sticky substance
b. : a spot made by or as if by an unctuous or adhesive substance : blotch, stain, smudge
2. : material smeared on a surface (as of a microscopic slide or of a culture medium); also : a preparation made by smearing material on a surface
< a fecal smear >
< vaginal smear >
3. : a partial glaze on pottery produced by vapor or by brushing off the greater part of an applied glaze
4. : a play of a counting card on one's partner's trick
5. : a glissando especially when produced on a trombone
6.
a. : a deliberate and usually unsubstantiated charge or accusation intended to foment distrust or hatred against the person or organization so charged
< pleaded calmly that those who expound unpopular doctrine be answered factually instead of by smears — Saul Carson >
< attack and personal smear in the familiar manner of rumor and innuendo — Harry Conn >
b. : smear word
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English smeren, smiren, from Old English smierwan, smerwan, smirwan; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German smeren to grease, salve, anoint, Old High German smirwen, Old Norse smyrva, smyrja to anoint, smör, smjör fat, butter — more at smear I
1.
a.
(1) : to overspread with something unctuous, viscous, or adhesive : daub
< the wood looked new, so he smeared it with oil and ashes — Lyle Saxon >
< lived on bread smeared with lard — C.J.Rolo >
(2) : to spread (a substance) over a surface
< smeared 10 minims of machine oil on a condenser lens — J.A.Knight >
b. : to treat (as a wound) by overspreading with a thick or greasy medication
c. : to treat (as young sheep) with a salve to destroy vermin and mat the fleece
2.
a. : to stain, smudge, or make dirty by or as if by smearing or rubbing : besmirch, sully
< the hat … had been smeared with grease and dirt in a minor airplane accident — Henry LaCossitt >
b. : to give a quality or appearance to; specifically : to vilify or blacken the reputation of by applying a debasing or odious epithet or by secretly and maliciously spreading gross charges and imputations
< people … whose opinions disagree with his; and whom he has smeared by all sorts of distortions and misrepresentations — Elmer Davis >
c. : to obliterate, obscure, blur, blend, or wipe out by or as if by smearing
< smeared the end of his cigarette on the tray — Hamilton Basso >
< smear notes on a trombone >
3.
a. : to rush hard (the opposing ball carrier, passer, or kicker of a defensive football team) and throw for a loss
b. : to rout, repulse, or frustrate completely : smother
4. : fatten 1b(2)
5. : to prepare as a smear for microscopic examination : to make a smear of |