tr.v., -smeared, -smear·ing, -smears.

To smear.

[Middle English bismeorwen, to make filthy, from Old English besmirwan, to besmear : be-, be- + smierwan, to smear.]

verb

1. To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance: bedaub, dab, daub, plaster, smear, smirch, smudge. See put on/take off.
2. To contaminate the reputation of: befoul, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, slingthrowmud on. See attack/defend, clean/dirty.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: spread or daub over
  Synonyms: smear, bedaub

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - besmøre, indfedte

Nederlands (Dutch)
bekladden, besmeuren

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) barbouiller de, (fig) salir, souiller

Deutsch (German)
v. - beschmieren, beschmutzen, verleumden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πασαλείβω, κατασπιλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
sporcare, gettare del fango su

Português (Portuguese)
v. - lambuzar

Русский (Russian)
пачкать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - embadurnar, untar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smeta (smörja) ner

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
涂抹, 败坏, 弄脏, 玷污

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 塗抹, 敗壞, 弄髒, 玷污

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에 더덕더덕 바르다, 더럽히다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 汚す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) لوث, لطخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכפיש, ליכלך‬

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