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verb

1. To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance: bedaub, besmear, dab¹, daub, plaster, smirch, smudge. See put on/take off.
2. To contaminate the reputation of: befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, slingthrowmud on. See attack/defend, clean/dirty.
3. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. Informal massacre, wallop. Slang clobber, cream, shellac. See win/lose/recovery.

noun

1. A discolored mark made by smearing: blot, blotch, daub, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain. See marks.
2. An attempt to destroy someone's reputation: mudslinging, smear campaign. See praise/blame.

v

Definition: tarnish a reputation
Antonyms: honor, laud, upgrade

IN BRIEF: To cover with something greasy or sticky. Also: To rub or spread.

I will smear some peanut butter on the toast.

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To thrash or kill; to destroy by bombing. (1935 —) .
P. Frank We can smear every base, every industrial complex, once and for all (1957).

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A specimen for microscopic study, the material being spread thinly and unevenly across the slide with a swab or loop, or with the edge of another slide, e.g. blood smear, for differential white cell count, or trypanosome sighting, fecal for the presence of worm eggs or coccidial oocysts.

• impression s. — one made by pressing the slide against tissue, usually the surface of a neoplasm or the cut surface of a tissue specimen.

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• Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - smear: (vb) maliciously attack another’s reputation; vilify

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - besmøre, oversmøre, rakke ned, tilsvine, smæde, tvære ud
v. intr. - smøre
n. - plet, fedtplet, tilsvining, nedrakning, salve, smørelse

idioms:

• cervical smear    cervix-smear
• smear test    gnidningsprøve

Nederlands (Dutch)
smeren, belasteren, be-/uitsmeren, veeg, smeer, verdachtmaking, uitstrijkje

Français (French)
v. tr. - faire des taches sur, diffamer, salir, entacher, étaler (du beurre), appliquer, (US) écraser
v. intr. - s'étaler, couler (un maquillage)
n. - tache, traînée, propos diffamatoire, (Méd) frottis

idioms:

• cervical smear    frottis
• smear test    frottis

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schmutzfleck
v. - in den Schmutz ziehen, schmieren, beschmieren

idioms:

• cervical smear    Abstrich
• smear test    Abstrich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κηλίδα, λεκές, σπίλος, ρετσινιά, (ιατρ.) επίχρισμα
v. - κηλιδώνω, λεκιάζω, σπιλώνω

idioms:

• cervical smear    (ιατρ.) κολπικό επίχρισμα, τεστ Παπανικολάου
• smear test    (ιατρ.) κολπικό επίχρισμα, τεστ Παπανικολάου

Italiano (Italian)
denigrare, spalmare, macchia, accusa ignominiosa, striscio

idioms:

• cervical smear    striscio
• smear test    striscio vaginale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nódoa (f), mancha de gordura (f), esfregaço (m)
v. - vencer, besuntar, derrotar, difamar

idioms:

• cervical smear    esfregaço cervical
• smear test    exame citológico (m), teste de esfregaço (m)

Русский (Russian)
пятно, мазок, вязкое или липкое вещество, клевета, смазывать, мазаться, пачкать, порочить

idioms:

• cervical smear    цервикальный мазок
• smear test    анализ клеток с шейки матки на предмет онкологического заболевания

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - difamar, calumniar, manchar, untar
v. intr. - mancharse
n. - mancha, calumnia, frotis

idioms:

• cervical smear    frotis, frotis del cuello del útero
• smear test    frotis del cuello del útero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fläck, fettfläck, smutsfläck, smutskastning, utstryksprov (med)
v. - smeta, smutsa ner, fläcka, smutskasta, smörja, breda på, utklassa, ge på nöten

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
涂抹, 弄脏, 弄污, 涂上, 诽谤, 中伤, 被弄脏, 被擦模糊, 污点, 污蔑, 污迹

idioms:

• cervical smear    子宫颈抹片
• smear test    子宫抹片检查

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 塗抹, 弄髒, 弄污, 塗上, 誹謗, 中傷
v. intr. - 被弄髒, 被擦模糊
n. - 污點, 污蔑, 污跡

idioms:

• cervical smear    子宮頸抹片
• smear test    子宮抹片檢查

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (기름 따위를) 칠하다, 문질러 지우다, (명성을) 손상하다
v. intr. - 더러워지다, 흐려지다
n. - 얼룩, 명예 훼손, 흘림무늬

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 塗る, 塗り付ける, 傷付ける, 買収する, よごれる, 完敗させる
n. - べとべとした物質, よごれ, 名誉毀損

idioms:

• smear test    スミア試験

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لطخه, مسحه, مادة دبقه (فعل) يلوث, يلطخ, يشوه ألسمعه, يخفي أو يمحي معالم شيء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מרח, לכלך, הכפיש, השמיץ, טשטש, מחק‬
v. intr. - ‮נמחק‬
n. - ‮כתם, הכפשת שם, השמצה, משטח - חומר שנמרח על פיסת זכוכית לבדיקה במיקרוסקופ‬

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