spread or daub over

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; " he made a huge blot on his copybook"

a blemish made by dirt; " he had a smudge on his cheek"

make a smudge on; soil by smudging

a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

cover ( a surface) by smearing ( a substance) over it; " smear the wall with paint"; " daub the ceiling with plaster"

slanderous defamation

stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

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

To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.

A fat, oily substance; oinment.

Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

To overspread with anything oily or sticky; daub; to soil in any way.

A blot or stain.

To overspread with anything sticky or oily, as grease: to daub.

To daub.

To bedaub with a sticky substance.

A soiled spot made by some gummy substance.

A stain.

To overspread with anything viscous or oily; to besmear; to daub; to soil; to contaminate.

To overspread with greasy, fatty, or adhesive matter; to daub; to soil.

Immediately smear a small lump of fresh butter on the part affected, and renew it every few minutes for two or three hours; this is an old- fashioned, but a very good remedy. – Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children by Pye Henry Chavasse

Smear those places over with grease, and never dare to read them again, I say! – Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Anonymous

In order to make sure that no air can get into the glass, it is wise to smear the rim with tallow before laying the cardboard on. – My Book of Indoor Games by Clarence Squareman

The kid stopped bellowing and began to smear his face with the stuff. – My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse

It has been very carefully studied by wise men who tell us it contains no sugar and is probably used as a means of defence, as aphides have been seen to smear the faces of insect enemies with this wax. – The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley

There was a great smear of blood across his brow, the track of a bloody hand as it had sought to wipe a gathering dimness out of his eyes. – The Everlasting Whisper by Jackson Gregory

A little smear of milk like a white moustache clung to her upper lip where she had forgotten to wipe her mouth. – The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Smear the chops over with egg, strew the seasoning on them, and roll each in buttered paper. – The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, by Mary Eaton

Was it a smear? – Wilt Thou Torchy by Sewell Ford

My grip was strong with the strength of madness, and the white face before me grew whiter except where a smear of blood closed the left eye and trickled down over the cheek beneath. – Blindfolded by Earle Ashley Walcott

The Indian woman held a lantern, and Black Bear dipped his fingers in a jar of cold- cream and began to smear his whole face and neck. – Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's by Laura Lee Hope

When he rose something warm was running down his face, and there was a red smear on the hand he lighted the lantern with. – Winston of the Prairie by Harold Bindloss

They were thick with rust, and the red stain of the rust streaked the wall below where they hung like a smear of blood. – Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle

Wrap the eggs up in a puff paste, smear them over with egg, and grate some bread over them. – The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, by Mary Eaton

He knew the Maypole story of the widow Rudge- how her husband, employed at Chigwell, and his master had been murdered; and how her son, born upon the very day the deed was known, bore upon his wrist a smear of blood but half washed out. – The World's Greatest Books, Vol III by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

Partitions blood- stained have a reddened smear, And Terror unrelieved is master here. – Poems by Victor Hugo