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English noun: smear | |||
| 1. | smear (communication) slanderous defamation | ||
| Synonyms | malignment, vilification | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement | ||
| 2. | smear (body) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cytologic specimen | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alimentary tract smear, bronchoscopic smear, cervical smear, lower respiratory tract smear, Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear, sputum smear, vaginal smear | ||
| 3. | smear (attribute) a blemish made by dirt | ||
| Samples | He had a smudge on his cheek. | ||
| Synonyms | blot, daub, slur, smirch, smudge, spot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blemish, defect, mar | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blotch, fingermark, fingerprint, inkblot, splodge, splotch | ||
| 4. | smear (act) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | ||
| Samples | He made a huge blot on his copybook. | ||
| Synonyms | blot, smirch, spot, stain | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | error, fault, mistake | ||
English verb: smear | |||
| 1. | smear (contact) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | besmirch, moil, smirch | ||
| 2. | smear (contact) make a smudge on; soil by smudging | ||
| Examples | The children smear the paper with grease , The children smear grease onto the paper | ||
| Synonyms | blur, smudge, smutch | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rub | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dust, resmudge | ||
| 3. | smear (contact) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | ||
| Samples | Smear the wall with paint. Daub the ceiling with plaster. | ||
| Synonyms | daub | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blood | ||
| Verb group | daub | ||
| 4. | smear (communication) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | ||
| Samples | The journalists have defamed me!. The article in the paper sullied my reputation. | ||
| Synonyms | asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smirch, sully | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accuse, charge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assassinate, badmouth, drag through the mud, libel, malign, traduce | ||
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