Definitions for smear

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smear smear

Spelling: [smeer]

IPA: /smɪər/

Smear is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in smear (aemrs).

Definitions for smear

noun

1. an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
2. a stain, spot, or mark made by such a substance.
3. a smudge.
4. something smeared or to be smeared on a thing, as a glaze for pottery.
5. a small quantity of something spread thinly on a slide for microscopic examination.
6. vilification:

verb (used with object)

1. to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something:
2. to spread or daub an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance on:
3. to stain, spot, or make dirty with something oily, greasy, viscous, or wet.
4. to sully, vilify, or soil (a reputation, good name, etc.).
5. to smudge or blur, as by rubbing:
6. Slang. to defeat decisively; overwhelm:

Origin of smear

before 900; (v.) Middle English smeren, smirien to rub with fat, anoint, Old English smirian, smerian, smerwan; cognate with Dutch smeren, German schmieren, Old Norse smyrja, smyrwa; (noun) i

Examples for smear

The bias to protect the Clinton and smear their accusers, he added, still exists.

But it is very improper for such folk to smear themselves with civet.

Alinejad says that in her work she had been imprisoned, physically attacked, and the victim of a smear campaign.

Or write with a solution of muriate of antimony, and smear the writing over with a feather dipped in a solution of galls.

Fasten each firmly with a small skewer, smear them over with egg, fry them of a fine brown, and pour a rich brown gravy over.

When the documents became public, Christie promptly fired Kelly and began a campaign to smear and distance himself from Wildstein.

A vicious Twitter smear campaign against the Harry Potter author may have been the work of secret agents, says one British pol.

The eye could not detect one creature in the group free from the smear of blood.

And what's more, I'll use whatever you're trying, to smear you with.

They listen to their shrewd father, Tywin Lannister, smear their dead son in front of his corpse.