smear

1. n. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. Source: opted

2. n. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Source: opted

3. n. A fat, oily substance; oinment. Source: opted

4. n. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain. Source: opted

5. n. slanderous defamation Source: wordnet

6. n. a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope Source: wordnet

7. n. a blemish made by dirt Source: wordnet

8. n. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it Source: wordnet

9. v. stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance Source: wordnet

10. v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging Source: wordnet

11. v. cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it Source: wordnet

12. v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone Source: wordnet

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