Smear

English Meaning

To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

1. To spread or daub with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.
2. To apply by spreading or daubing: smeared suntan lotion on my face and arms.
3. To stain by or as if by spreading or daubing with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.
4. To stain or attempt to destroy the reputation of; vilify: political enemies who smeared his name.
5. Slang To defeat utterly; smash.
6. To be or become stained or dirtied.
7. A mark made by smearing; a spot or blot.
8. A substance to be spread on a surface.
9. Biology A sample, as of blood or bacterial cells, spread on a slide for microscopic examination or on the surface of a culture medium.
10. Vilification or slander.
11. A vilifying or slanderous remark.