smear
verb (used with object)
to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something.
smears
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pluralof smear.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof smear (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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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Researchers gently rub the parchment with a dry cytology brush, the same type of brush used for Pap smears.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
In an Instagram video, external, Sawalha said she had become "the target of an escalating campaign of smears, complaints, hostile media coverage and targeted calls to have me removed from Loose Women".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I was just trying to get through a tray at a time,” she says, “but there were layers of smears that had come in overnight.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
She tears into a warm baguette, smears it with chèvre and hands him a piece.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
To my left sunshine poured through a window, lighting up the rouge smears and making the factory look garish, violent, dangerous.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
