smear
verb (used with object)
to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something.
smeared
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past participleof smear.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof smear.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
smearverb (used with object)to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something.
Example Sentences
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Every visitor must exit through the Blood Room, a gruesomely immersive space whose walls are streaked, smeared, splattered and practically dripping with the red stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
We ate thick slices with cold salted butter — not so much smeared across the crumb as laid on in pale slabs, because patience has never been a prerequisite for breakfast.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Lean and wet and smeared with grass, he introduces himself as Lincoln Hedberg from New Jersey.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
This included an empty can of energy drink left in the middle of the floor of a clean delivery room - as well as butter "smeared around the top of a birthing pool".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Justice Strauss had on a dreamy expression, as if she were about to be crowned queen, instead of just having some powders and creams smeared on her face.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
