Dictionary entry details
• SMEAR (noun)
Meaning:
Slanderous defamation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
vilification; smear; malignment
Hypernyms ("smear" is a kind of...):
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
Meaning:
A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
cytologic smear; cytosmear; smear
Hypernyms ("smear" is a kind of...):
cytologic specimen (a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smear"):
alimentary tract smear (any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the alimentary tract; obtained by specialized lavage techniques and used mainly to diagnose cancer in those parts)
cervical smear; Pap smear; Papanicolaou smear (a sample of secretions and superficial cells of the uterine cervix and uterus; examined with a microscope to detect any abnormal cells)
bronchoscopic smear; lower respiratory tract smear; sputum smear (any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs)
vaginal smear (smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis)
Meaning:
A blemish made by dirt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
blot; smirch; daub; smudge; spot; smear; slur
Context example:
he had a smudge on his cheek
Hypernyms ("smear" is a kind of...):
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smear"):
blotch; splodge; splotch (an irregularly shaped spot)
fingermark; fingerprint (a smudge made by a (dirty) finger)
inkblot (a blot made with ink)
Meaning:
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
blot; smirch; smear; stain; spot
Context example:
he made a huge blot on his copybook
Hypernyms ("smear" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
• SMEAR (verb)
Meaning:
Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "smear" is one way to...):
begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "smear"):
moil (moisten or soil)
besmirch; smirch (smear so as to make dirty or stained)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
smutch; smudge; smear; blur
Hypernyms (to "smear" is one way to...):
rub (move over something with pressure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "smear"):
resmudge (smudge again)
dust (rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
The children smear the paper with grease
The children smear grease onto the paper
Meaning:
Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
daub; smear
Context examples:
smear the wall with paint / daub the ceiling with plaster
Hypernyms (to "smear" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "smear"):
blood (smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
asperse; besmirch; calumniate; defame; slander; smirch; denigrate; sully; smear
Context examples:
The journalists have defamed me! / The article in the paper sullied my reputation
Hypernyms (to "smear" is one way to...):
accuse; charge (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "smear"):
badmouth; drag through the mud; malign; traduce (speak unfavorably about)
libel (print slanderous statements against)
assassinate (destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
