| VERB | contact | smear | stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | smear, blur, smudge, smutch | make a smudge on | |
| contact | smear, daub | cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | |
| communication | smear, defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch | charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent | |
| NOUN | communication | smear, vilification, malignment | slanderous defamation |
| body | smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear | a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | |
| attribute | smear, smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur | a blemish made by dirt | |
| act | smear, blot, smirch, spot, stain | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it |
| Sounds | smih'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... | |
| Meaning | slanderous defamation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | vilification, malignment | |
| Broader | defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job | A false / false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| Spanish | calumnia, desprestigio, envilecimiento, malignment, vilipendio | |
| Catalan | malignment | |
| Verbs | smear | charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent |
| Meaning | A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | cytologic smear, cytosmear | |
| Narrower | alimentary tract smear | Any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract |
| cervical smear, Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear | A sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus | |
| lower respiratory tract smear, bronchoscopic smear, sputum smear | Any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract | |
| vaginal smear | smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis | |
| Broader | cytologic specimen | A specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis |
| Meaning | A blemish made by dirt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur | |
| Narrower | blotch, splodge, splotch | An irregularly shaped spot |
| fingermark, fingerprint | A smudge made by a (dirty) finger | |
| inkblot | A blot made with ink | |
| Broader | blemish, defect, mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
| Spanish | baldón, churrete, mancha, manchón, manchurrón, tizne, tiznón, zurrapa | |
| Catalan | taca | |
| Verbs | smear | make a smudge on |
| smear | stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | |
| Meaning | An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | blot, smirch, spot, stain | |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Spanish | mácula, mancha | |
| Catalan | màcula, taca | |
| Meaning | stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Narrower | moil | moisten or soil |
| smirch, besmirch | smear so as to make dirty or stained | |
| Broader | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
| Spanish | embadurnar, manchar, untar | |
| Catalan | empastifar, tacar-se, untar | |
| Nouns | smear | a blemish made by dirt |
| Meaning | make a smudge on; soil by smudging. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The children smear the paper with grease; The children smear grease onto the paper | |
| Synonyms | blur, smudge, smutch | |
| Narrower | dust | rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape |
| resmudge | smudge again | |
| Broader | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Spanish | embadurnar, embarrar, empañar, ensuciar, manchar, oscurecer, tiznar | |
| Catalan | enfosquir, ensutjar, entelar, tacar | |
| Nouns | smear | a blemish made by dirt |
| Meaning | Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "smear the wall with paint" | |
| Synonym | daub | |
| Narrower | blood | smear with blood, as in a hunting / hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Similar to | daub | apply to a surface |
| Spanish | aplicar, cubrir, embadurnar, embarrar, manchar, untar | |
| Catalan | cobrir, empastifar, enfangar, tacar, untar | |
| Meaning | Charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch | |
| Narrower | assassinate | Destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation |
| badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud | speak unfavorably about | |
| libel | Print slanderous statements against | |
| Broader | charge, accuse | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
| Spanish | calumniar, denigrar, difamar, reputación | |
| Catalan | calumniar, denigrar, difamar, indultar, injuriar | |
| Nouns | smear | slanderous defamation |
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