Smear

What do we mean by smear?

To spread or daub (a surface, for example) with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance. intransitive verb

To apply by spreading or daubing. intransitive verb

To cause to be blurry or spread in unwanted places. intransitive verb

To stain or attempt to destroy the reputation of; vilify. intransitive verb

To defeat utterly. intransitive verb

To spread easily in an undesired way. intransitive verb

A mark made by smearing; a spot or blot. noun

A substance to be spread on a surface. noun

A sample, as of blood or bacterial cells, spread on a slide for microscopic examination or on the surface of a culture medium. noun

Vilification or slander. noun

A vilifying or slanderous remark. noun

To overspread with ointment; anoint.

To overspread thickly, irregularly, or in blotches with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; besmear; daub.

To overspread too thickly, especially to the violation of good taste; paint, or otherwise adorn with something applied to a surface, in a way that is overdone or tawdry.

To soil; contaminate; pollute.

Synonyms To bedaub, begrime.

To tarnish, sully.

The soft, semi-fluid mud of calcium sulphate left in the generators when whiting and sulphuric acid were used to produce carbon-dioxid gas in the manufacture of aërated waters. noun

A mark made by smearing.

Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.

A Pap smear.

A false attack.

A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact

A rough glissando in jazz music.

Words that are spelled similarly to smear:
smear, shear, swear, sear, spear, mear, stear, smeal, smead, shmear, smar, asmear, smeat, smeir, smer, snear, smeac, scear, smea.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word smear:
cytology, sputum, germs, sealer, papillary, cervix, pap, cervical, foo, biopsy, discredit, stain, hemoglobin, anemia, microscope, tactic, vaginal, microscopy, carcinoma, abnormal, screening, nirvana, apical, campaign, undermine, layer, mccain, marrow, anal, scare, forehead, paste, accusing, tactics, accusations, slide, graffiti, stained, sensitivity, diagnosis, doom, allegations, campaigning, diagnostic, blood, reputation, cells, examined, cancer, detect, root, examination, teeth, politicians, negative, claiming, tests, false, tissue, bacteria, sample, accused, testing, guitarist, opponents, potentially, responded, test, drummer, obama, paint, regardless, punk, samples, alleged, removal, touring, elevated, patient, procedure, patients, technique, clinton, aimed, canal, recommended.

Words that rhyme with smear:
clear, tear, gear, peer, sheer, year, shear, fear, career, adhere, mere, premier, austere, engineer, severe, deer, steer, cavalier, beer, pioneer, appear, queer, volunteer, persevere, atmosphere, near, cheer, sphere, dear, sincere, pier, premiere, rear, interfere, revere, sneer, veneer, sear, frontier, veer, sere, cohere, jeer, hemisphere, souvenir, disappear, spear, cashier, lear, emir, chandelier, belvedere, vere, commandeer, reindeer, biosphere, zaire, mir, chevalier, financier, stratosphere, mear, unclear, amir, stere, kir, stear, bombardier, insincere, neer, yesteryear, racketeer, shere, bandolier, bere, deere, headgear, domineer, mountaineer, brigadier, teer, fleer, profiteer, meir, kier, midyear, crystal clear, fier, speer, marketeer, leap year, auctioneer, gere, reappear, rainier, brere, frere, spere, wier, greer.

Adjectives that are often used to describe smear:
peripheral, vaginal, stained, cervical, direct, buccal, thin, abnormal, positive, red, thick, wet, negative, blood, routine, normal, nasal, black, dark, cytologic, annual, dried, pap, dry, bloody, faint, fast, fecal, permanent, urethral, fresh, fixed, conventional, bacterial, brown, cytological, broad, prepared, differential, atrophic, gramstained, bright, typical, endocervical, tiny, blue, yellow, cervicovaginal, crimson, gray, yearly, oral, conjunctival, endometrial, cellular, unstained, slight, continuous, prostatic, atypical, dab, ugly, greasy, fix, gram, suspicious, communist, dirty, pink, pale, buffy, sticky.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective smear:
preparations, preparation, campaign, layer, test, technique, nose, examination, method, case, tactics, slides, removal, campaigns, cultures, glue, microscopy, culture, slide, specimens, tool, material, cells, grease, word, petroleum, results, out, layers, tuberculosis, pattern, taking, effects, butter, diagnosis, oil, blood, samples, negative, ware, metal, mud, paste, specimen, vaseline, ink, sheet, antigen, morphology, hoover, adhesive, camera, cement, taker, devices, findings, screening, sediment, cellularity, sweep, vaselin, shadows, paint, stuff, basal, pieces, background, frap, scare, bacteria, lipstick, pamphlets, positive.

Consonant match to smear:
smore, smyre, smarr.

Words that sound like smear:
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