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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smear \Smear\ (sm[=e]r), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Smeared} (sm[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smearing}.] [OE. smeren, smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to anoint. See {Smear}, noun]
1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. ''Smear the sleepy grooms with blood.'' --Shak.
2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak.
3. To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.). [PJC]
4. to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smeared \Smeared\, adjective (Zo["o]l.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth ({Apatela oblinita}).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
smeared
adjective: smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination; "oil-smeared work clothes"; "hostile faces smirched by the grime and rust"- Henry Roth; "ink-smudged fingers" [syn: {smirched}, {smudged}, {smudgy}]
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