smear🔊

To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing. +

To cover (a surface ''with'' a layer of some substance) by rubbing. +

To make something dirty. +

{{qualifier|of a substance, etc.}} To make a surface dirty by covering it.

To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions. +

To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it. +

To become messy or not clear by being spread. +

To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.

To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.

To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.

To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.

(climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.

A mark made by smearing. +

A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation. +

(biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.Edwin Benzel Steen, ''Dictionary of Biology,'' New York: Barnes & Noble, 1971.[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbiol00edwi/page/504/mode/1up?q=smear] +

(medicine) A Pap smear {{gloss|screening test for cervical cancer}}. +

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

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

(music) A rough glissando in jazz music.