English to English
smear
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noun (n)
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope(noun.body)source: wordnet30
- A fat, oily substance; oinment.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it(verb.contact)Example:
Smear the wall with paint.
source: wordnet30 - To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.(verb)source: webster1913