Smear

Verb

 * 1)  To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
 * The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
 * 1)  To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
 * She smeared her lips with lipstick.
 * 1)  To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
 * ''The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.
 * 1)  To become spread by smearing.
 * The paint is still wet &mdash; don't touch it or it will smear.

Synonyms

 * spread
 * coat, cover, layer

Noun

 * 1) A mark made by smearing.
 * This detergent cleans windows without leaving smears.
 * 1)  A Pap smear.
 * I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a smear.
 * 1) A false attack.

Synonyms

 * streak
 * Pap smear, Pap test

Thesaurus
anoint, apply paint, asperse, aspersion, attack, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, beat, bedaub, bedizen, beeswax, befoul, begild, begrime, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, black, black eye, black mark, blacken, blackening, blank, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blow upon, blur, brand, broad arrow, brush on paint, bulldoze, butter, calcimine, call names, calumniate, calumny, censure, champain, character assassination, clobber, coat, color, complexion, cover, cream, dab, darken, daub, deep-dye, defamation, defamation of character, defame, defeat utterly, defile, defilement, denigrate, denigration, dip, dirty, disapprove, discolor, discredit, disparage, disparagement, distemper, double-dye, dress, drub, dye, emblazon, embrocate, enamel, engage in personalities, engild, expose, expose to infamy, eyesore, face, fast-dye, fleck, flick, flyspeck, foil, fresco, frustrate, gibbet, gild, glaze, gloss, glycerolate, grain, grease, grease the wheels, hang in effigy, heap dirt upon, hue, illuminate, imbue, imputation, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lambaste, lard, lay on, lay on color, libel, lick, lubricate, macula, maculation, macule, malicious defamation, mark, mark of Cain, muckrake, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, oil, onus, overbear, overlay, overspread, overwhelm, paint, parget, paste, patch, pigment, pillory, pillorying, plaster, point champain, pomade, prime, reflection, reprimand, reproach, repulse, revile, revilement, rub, salve, scandal, scandalize, schmear, scorch, sear, shade, shadow, shellac, shut out, singe, skunk, slander, slap on, slather, slick, slick on, slop on paint, slubber, slur, smear campaign, smear on, smear word, smirch, smoke, smooth the way, smother, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, snow under, soap the ways, soil, soilage, soilure, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spot, spread, spread on, spread with, stain, steamroller, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, stipple, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, thrash, throw mud at, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, trim, undercoat, unguent, varnish, vilification, vilify, wash, wax, whelm, whitewash, whomp, whop, wipe

Verb

 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:, uitsmeren
 * Esperanto: ŝmiri
 * French:


 * Italian: spalmare
 * Romanian: badijona
 * Russian: размазывать
 * Spanish:, , ,


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ŝmiri


 * Russian: мазать
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian: macchiare, diffamare, denigrare
 * Russian: марать
 * Spanish: la reputación,

Noun

 * French:, , (Pap smear)
 * Italian: macchia


 * Romanian: frotiu
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * mares
 * marse
 * maser
 * reams