smear
1. a blemish made by dirt
- he had a smudge on his cheek
• Syn:
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur
• Derivationally related forms:
smirch (for: smirch), blot (for: blot), spot (for: spot), smudgy (for: smudge), smudge (for: smudge)
• Hypernyms:
blemish, defect, mar
• Hyponyms:
blotch, splodge, splotch, fingermark, fingerprint, inkblot
2. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- he made a huge blot on his copybook
• Syn:
blot, smirch, spot, stain
• Derivationally related forms:
stain (for: stain), smirch (for: smirch)
• Hypernyms:
mistake, error, fault
3. a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
• Syn:
cytologic smear, cytosmear
• Hypernyms:
cytologic specimen
• Hyponyms:
alimentary tract smear, cervical smear, Pap smear, Papanicolaou smear, lower respiratory tract smear,
bronchoscopic smear, sputum smear, vaginal smear
4. slanderous defamation
• Syn:
vilification, malignment
• Derivationally related forms:
malign (for: malignment), vilify (for: vilification)
• Hypernyms:
defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
1. stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
• Hypernyms:
dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
• Hyponyms:
moil, smirch, besmirch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- smear the wall with paint
- daub the ceiling with plaster
• Syn:
daub
• Derivationally related forms:
daub (for: daub), dauber (for: daub)
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Hyponyms:
blood
• Verb Group:
daub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. make a smudge on;
soil by smudging
• Syn:
blur, smudge, smutch
• Derivationally related forms:
smudge (for: smudge)
• Hypernyms:
rub
• Hyponyms:
resmudge, dust
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The children smear the paper with grease
- The children smear grease onto the paper
4. 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
• Syn:
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate,
calumniate, sully, besmirch
• Derivationally related forms:
calumny (for: calumniate), denigratory (for: denigrate), denigration (for: denigrate), aspersion (for: asperse), smirch (for: smirch), slander (for: slander), slanderer (for: slander), defamatory (for: defame), defamation (for: defame), defamer (for: defame)
• Hypernyms:
charge, accuse
• Hyponyms:
assassinate, libel, badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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