Smear : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Smear	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Smear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smear n slanderous defamation [syn: smear, vilification, malignment] a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope Synonym(s): smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" Synonym(s): smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" Synonym(s): blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain v stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance make a smudge on; soil by smudging Synonym(s): smear, blur, smudge, smutch cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" Synonym(s): daub, smear 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" Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smear \Smear\ (sm[emac]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smeared} (sm[emac]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. [bd]Smear the sleepy grooms with blood.[b8] --Shak. 2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smear \Smear\, n. [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smj[94]r, Sw. & Dan. sm[94]r butter, Goth. sma[a1]r[thorn]r fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. {Smirch}.] 1. A fat, oily substance; oinment. --Johnson. 2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain. Slow broke the morn, All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of light. --Alexander Smith.