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| NOUN | 1 | smear, vilification, malignment | Slanderous defamation |
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| 2 | 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 | |
| 3 | smear, smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur | A blemish made by dirt | |
| 4 | smear, blot, smirch, spot, stain | An act that brings discredit to the person who does it | |
| VERB | 1 | smear | Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance |
| 2 | smear, blur, smudge, smutch | Make a smudge on | |
| 3 | smear, daub | Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | |
| 4 | smear, defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch | Charge falsely or with malicious intent |
| Sounds | smih'r |
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| Meaning | Slanderous defamation. |
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| Synonyms | vilification, malignment |
| Broader | defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job |
| Verbs | smear |
| Meaning | A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope. |
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| Synonyms | cytologic smear, cytosmear |
| Broader | cytologic specimen |
| Narrower | alimentary tract smear; cervical smear, Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear; lower respiratory tract smear, bronchoscopic smear, sputum smear; vaginal smear |
| Meaning | A blemish made by dirt. |
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| Synonyms | smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur |
| Broader | blemish, defect, mar |
| Narrower | blotch, splodge, splotch; fingermark, fingerprint; inkblot |
| Verbs | smear; smear |
| Meaning | An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. |
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| Synonyms | blot, smirch, spot, stain |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault |
| Meaning | Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Broader | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire |
| Narrower | moil; smirch, besmirch |
| Nouns | smear |
| 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 |
| Broader | rub |
| Narrower | resmudge; dust |
| Nouns | smear |
| Meaning | Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "smear the wall with paint" |
| Synonyms | daub |
| Similar to | daub |
| Broader | cover |
| Narrower | blood |
| Meaning | Charge falsely or with malicious intent. Attack the good name and reputation of someone. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch |
| Broader | charge, accuse |
| Narrower | assassinate; libel; badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud |
| Nouns | smear |
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