SMEAR
\smˈi͡ə], \smˈiə], \s_m_ˈiə]\
Definitions of SMEAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
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a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
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a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
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cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
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stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
By Princeton University
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an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
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a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
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a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
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cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
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stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
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To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
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A fat, oily substance; oinment.
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Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
By Oddity Software
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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
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To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
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A fat, oily substance; oinment.
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Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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