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lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Français" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/smear" title="smear – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="smear" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" 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English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/smeren#Middle_English" title="smeren">smeren</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/w/index.php?title=smerien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="smerien (page does not exist)">smerien</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/smerian#Old_English" title="smerian">smerian</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/smyrian#Old_English" title="smyrian">smyrian</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/smierwan#Old_English" title="smierwan">smierwan</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to anoint or rub with grease, oil, etc.</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/smirwijan" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smirwijan">*smirwijan</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smirwijan%C4%85" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smirwijaną">*smirwijaną</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/schmear#English" title="schmear">schmear</a></i>. </p><p>Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saterland_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Saterland Frisian language">Saterland Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="stq"><a href="/w/index.php?title=smeere&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="smeere (page does not exist)">smeere</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/smeren#Dutch" title="smeren">smeren</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Low German">Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds"><a href="/wiki/smeren#Low_German" title="smeren">smeren</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/schmieren#German" title="schmieren">schmieren</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">smî(r)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/smɪə(ɹ)/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/En-uk-smear.ogg/En-uk-smear.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-uk-smear.ogg" title="File:en-uk-smear.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%AA%C9%99(%C9%B9)" title="Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)"><span class="IPA">-ɪə(ɹ)</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">smear</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smears#English" title="smears">smears</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smearing#English" title="smearing">smearing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smeared#English" title="smeared">smeared</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/spread" title="spread">spread</a> (a substance, especially one that colours or is <a href="/wiki/dirty" title="dirty">dirty</a>) across a surface by <a href="/wiki/rub" title="rub">rubbing</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/apply#English" title="apply">apply</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/daub#English" title="daub">daub</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/plaster#English" title="plaster">plaster</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/spread#English" title="spread">spread</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The artist <b>smeared</b> paint over the canvas in broad strokes.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1776</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Goldsmith" class="extiw" title="w:Oliver Goldsmith">Oliver Goldsmith</a>, chapter 5, in <cite>A Survey of Experimental Philosophy</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004897705.0001.001">[2]</a></sup>, London: T. Carnan and F. Newbery, page <span class="None" lang="und">74</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In general, all bodies whose surfaces are even will <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> stick to each other, and if a liquid be <b>smeared</b> over either surface, their cohesion will be still the stronger.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1953</b></span> November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in <cite>Railway Magazine</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">778</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Then again these figures take no account of the thousands of beggars who travel free in India. Many of these are religious "Sadhus", dressed often in nothing but a loin-cloth, or even less, and their bodies <b>smeared</b> with ashes. A large number of these men are nothing but impostors, but the Hindu railway staff usually are afraid to interfere with them.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2019</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Vuong" class="extiw" title="w:Ocean Vuong">Ocean Vuong</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Earth_We%27re_Briefly_Gorgeous" class="extiw" title="w:On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous">On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=hKRtDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false">[3]</a></sup>, New York: Penguin:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Then you would kneel and <b>smear</b> a handful of pomade through my hair, comb it over.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To cover (a surface <i>with</i> a layer of some substance) by rubbing. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bedaub#English" title="bedaub">bedaub</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/coat#English" title="coat">coat</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cover#English" title="cover">cover</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/daub#English" title="daub">daub</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/layer#English" title="layer">layer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/plaster#English" title="plaster">plaster</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">She <b>smeared</b> her lips with lipstick.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <b>1606</b> (date written), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth" class="extiw" title="w:Macbeth">The Tragedie of Macbeth</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act II, scene ii<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Why did you bring these daggers from the place?<br />They must lie there: go carry them; and <b>smear</b><br />The sleepy grooms with blood.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1667</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton" class="extiw" title="w:John Milton">John Milton</a>, “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_paradise-lost_milton-john_1667/page/n316/mode/1up">Book X</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost" class="extiw" title="w:Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="A Poem Written in Ten Books">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed [by]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Simmons" class="extiw" title="w:Samuel Simmons">Samuel Simmons</a>], and are to be sold by Peter Parker<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="under Creed Church neer Aldgate">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>a<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>nd by Robert Boulter<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>a<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>nd Matthias Walker,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/228722708">→OCLC</a></small>, lines <span class="None" lang="und">725-727</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> a Vessel of huge bulk,<br />Measur’d by Cubit, length, & breadth, and highth,<br /><b>Smeard</b> round with Pitch,</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1964</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Isherwood" class="extiw" title="w:Christopher Isherwood">Christopher Isherwood</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Single_Man_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:A Single Man (novel)">A Single Man</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/singleman0000ishe/page/53/mode/1up?q=smear">[4]</a></sup>, London: Vintage, published <span class="None" lang="und">2010</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">53</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> it’s <i>better</i> if we admit to disliking and hating them, than if we try to <b>smear</b> our feelings over with pseudo-liberal sentimentality.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To make something dirty. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/besmirch#English" title="besmirch">besmirch</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dirty#English" title="dirty">dirty</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/soil#English" title="soil">soil</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sully#English" title="sully">sully</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1583</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Golding" class="extiw" title="w:Arthur Golding">Arthur Golding</a>, transl., <cite>The Sermons of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin" class="extiw" title="w:John Calvin">M. John Calvin</a> upon the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Deuteronomy" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Deuteronomy">Fifth Book of Moses called Deuteronomie</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17698.0001.001">[5]</a></sup>, London: George Bishop, <span class="None" lang="und">Sermon 41, p. 246</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">A man may bee <b>smeared</b> or grimed, and euerie man shall laugh at him, and yet he himselfe shall not perceiue it a whit.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1855</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gaskell" class="extiw" title="w:Elizabeth Gaskell">Elizabeth Gaskell</a>, chapter 11, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_South_(Gaskell_novel)" class="extiw" title="w:North and South (Gaskell novel)">North and South</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/northsouth02gask/page/147/mode/1up?q=smeared">[6]</a></sup>, volume 2, London: Chapman and Hall, page <span class="None" lang="und">147</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> she returned, carrying Johnnie, his face all <b>smeared</b> with eating,</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2016</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:Ali Smith">Ali Smith</a>, chapter <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=A8AiDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false">2</a>, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_(Smith_novel)" class="extiw" title="w:Autumn (Smith novel)">Autumn</a></cite>, Penguin, published <span class="None" lang="und">2017</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">His hands and forearms, his face, his good shirt and suit are <b>smeared</b> from the dustbins and climbing the fence,</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">of a substance, etc.</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> To make a surface dirty by covering it. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1897</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker" class="extiw" title="w:Bram Stoker">Bram Stoker</a>, chapter 21, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula" class="extiw" title="w:Dracula">Dracula</a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Library" class="extiw" title="w:Modern Library">Modern Library</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/688657546">→OCLC</a></small>, chapter XVIII, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dracula00stok/page/263/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">263</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">a pallor which was accentuated by the blood which <b>smeared</b> her lips and cheeks and chin</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1982</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Tyler" class="extiw" title="w:Anne Tyler">Anne Tyler</a>, chapter 6, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_at_the_Homesick_Restaurant" class="extiw" title="w:Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant">Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/dinnerathomesick0000tyle_x4u5/page/168/mode/1up?q=smear">[7]</a></sup>, New York: Knopf, published <span class="None" lang="und">1989</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">168</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">a rust spot <b>smearing</b> the back of the sink</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2004</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Hollinghurst" class="extiw" title="w:Alan Hollinghurst">Alan Hollinghurst</a>, chapter 12, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line_of_Beauty" class="extiw" title="w:The Line of Beauty">The Line of Beauty<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="A Novel">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsbury_Publishing" class="extiw" title="w:Bloomsbury Publishing">Bloomsbury Publishing</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58234-508-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58234-508-6">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lineofbeautynove00holl/page/323/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">323</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Wet leaves <b>smeared</b> the pavement.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/damage" title="damage">damage</a> someone's <a href="/wiki/reputation" title="reputation">reputation</a> by <a href="/wiki/slander" title="slander">slandering</a>, <a href="/wiki/misrepresent" title="misrepresent">misrepresenting</a>, or otherwise making <a href="/wiki/false" title="false">false</a> <a href="/wiki/accusation" title="accusation">accusations</a> about them, their statements, or their actions. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/badmouth#English" title="badmouth">badmouth</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/besmirch#English" title="besmirch">besmirch</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/defame#English" title="defame">defame</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sully#English" title="sully">sully</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/vilify#English" title="vilify">vilify</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The opposition party attempted to <b>smear</b> the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1904</b>–<b>1907</b> (date written)</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce" class="extiw" title="w:James Joyce">James Joyce</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubliners" class="extiw" title="w:Dubliners">Dubliners</a></cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Richards_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:Grant Richards (publisher)">Grant Richards</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">June 1914</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1170255194">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dubliners00joyc_8/page/n167/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">164</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">May everlasting shame consume<br />The memory of those who tried<br />To befoul and <b>smear</b> th’ exalted name<br />Of one who spurned them in his pride.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><b>1976</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C5%A9g%C4%A9_wa_Thiong%27o" class="extiw" title="w:Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o">Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o</a>, “J.M.—A Writer’s Tribute” in <i>Writers in Politics,</i> London: Heinemann, 1981, p. 82,<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/writersinpolitic0000ngug/page/82/mode/1up?q=smear">[8]</a></sup> <dl><dd>The imperialist foreigners then in the offices of the Nation Newspapers would not allow the African staff to review it. They handled it themselves in order to <b>smear</b> the book and its author and his celebration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising" class="extiw" title="w:Mau Mau Uprising">Mau Mau resistance</a>.</dd></dl></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2018</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Powers" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Powers">Richard Powers</a>, “Neelay Mehta”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Overstory" class="extiw" title="w:The Overstory">The Overstory</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=_zQsDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false">[9]</a></sup>, New York: Norton:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They’ll <b>smear</b> him on the country’s dial-up bulletin boards as the worst traitor.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To cause (something) to be <a href="/wiki/messy" title="messy">messy</a> or not clear by rubbing and spreading it. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/blur#English" title="blur">blur</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smudge#English" title="smudge">smudge</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1849</b></span> May – <b>1850</b> November, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>, chapter 44, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield" class="extiw" title="w:David Copperfield">The Personal History of David Copperfield</a></cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_and_Evans" class="extiw" title="w:Bradbury and Evans">Bradbury & Evans</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="11, Bouverie Street.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1850</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/558196156">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/personalhistor00dick/page/457/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">457</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">When she had entered two or three laborious items in the account-book, Jip would walk over the page, wagging his tail, and <b>smear</b> them all out.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1954</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" class="extiw" title="w:J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring" class="extiw" title="w:The Fellowship of the Ring">The Fellowship of the Ring</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/lordofrings0000tolk_k7e8/page/419/mode/1up?q=smeared">[10]</a></sup>, New York: Ballantine, published <span class="None" lang="und">1973</span>, <span class="None" lang="und">Book 2, Chapter 5, p. 419</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Then there are four lines <b>smeared</b> so that I can only read <i>went 5 days ago</i>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2007</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Twan_Eng" class="extiw" title="w:Tan Twan Eng">Tan Twan Eng</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_Rain" class="extiw" title="w:The Gift of Rain">The Gift of Rain</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/giftofrain00tant/page/56/mode/1up?q=smeared">[11]</a></sup>, New York: Weinstein Books, Book 1, Chapter 5, p. 56:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Bird droppings, <b>smeared</b> by the strokes of rain and dried by the heat, streaked its sides.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To become messy or not clear by being spread. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smudge#English" title="smudge">smudge</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The paint is still wet — don't touch it or it will <b>smear</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/write" title="write">write</a> or <a href="/wiki/draw" title="draw">draw</a> (something) by spreading a substance on a surface. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1970</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bellow" class="extiw" title="w:Saul Bellow">Saul Bellow</a>, chapter 2, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Sammler%27s_Planet" class="extiw" title="w:Mr. Sammler's Planet">Mr. Sammler’s Planet</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/mrsammlersplanet1970bell/page/84/mode/1up?q=smeared">[12]</a></sup>, New York: Fawcett, published <span class="None" lang="und">1971</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">84</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">ciphers <b>smeared</b> on the windows of condemned shops</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1985</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_DeLillo" class="extiw" title="w:Don DeLillo">Don DeLillo</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Noise_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:White Noise (novel)">White Noise</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/whitenoise00deli/page/311/mode/1up?q=smear">[13]</a></sup>, Penguin, <span class="None" lang="und">Part 3, Chapter 39, p. 311</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><b>smear</b> crude words on the walls in the victim’s own blood as evidence of his final cult-related frenzy</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2001</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Flanagan" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Flanagan">Richard Flanagan</a>, “The Freshwater Crayfish”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gould%27s_Book_of_Fish" class="extiw" title="w:Gould's Book of Fish">Gould’s Book of Fish</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=VRPnBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false">[14]</a></sup>, New York: Grove Press, published <span class="None" lang="und">2002</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> she brought a red daubed finger up to my cheek & began to <b>smear</b> markings on my face.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1864</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Francis Burton">Richard F. Burton</a>, chapter 3, in <cite>A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome,</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/missiontogelelek18641burt/page/43/mode/1up?q=smeared">[15]</a></sup>, volume 1, London: Tinsley Brothers, page <span class="None" lang="und">43</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">small wooden dolls <b>smeared</b> red as though with blood</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1917</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carlos_Williams" class="extiw" title="w:William Carlos Williams">William Carlos Williams</a>, “Pastoral”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Que_Quiere!" class="extiw" title="w:Al Que Quiere!">Al Que Quiere!</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/bookofpoem100willrich/page/15/mode/1up?q=smeared">[16]</a></sup>, Boston: The Four Seas Company, page <span class="None" lang="und">15</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">the fences and outhouses<br />built of barrel-staves<br />and parts of boxes, all,<br />if I am fortunate,<br /><b>smeared</b> a bluish green</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1993</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Seth" class="extiw" title="w:Vikram Seth">Vikram Seth</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Suitable_Boy" class="extiw" title="w:A Suitable Boy">A Suitable Boy</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/suitableboy0000seth/page/73/mode/1up?q=smeared">[17]</a></sup>, Penguin, published <span class="None" lang="und">1994</span>, <span class="None" lang="und">Chapter 2.1, p. 73</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They paid the <a href="/wiki/tonga#Etymology_1" title="tonga">tonga</a>-<a href="/wiki/wallah#Etymology_1" title="wallah">wallah</a> double his regular fare and <b>smeared</b> his forehead pink and that of his horse green for good measure.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1860</b></span> December – <b>1861</b> August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations" class="extiw" title="w:Great Expectations">Great Expectations<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="[...] In Three Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, volume I, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_%26_Hall" class="extiw" title="w:Chapman & Hall">Chapman and Hall</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="193, Piccadilly.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published October 1861, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/3359935">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/greatexpectation01dick/page/37/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">37</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> he <b>smeared</b> his ragged rough sleeve over his eyes.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1979</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Styron" class="extiw" title="w:William Styron">William Styron</a>, chapter 3, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%27s_Choice" class="extiw" title="w:Sophie's Choice">Sophie’s Choice</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/sophieschoicesty00styr/page/58/mode/1up?q=smeared">[18]</a></sup>, New York: Random House, page <span class="None" lang="und">58</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">With the lazy appetite of a calf mooning over a salt lick, he <b>smeared</b> his sizable nose against her face,</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2013</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie" class="extiw" title="w:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</a>, chapter 6, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanah" class="extiw" title="w:Americanah">Americanah</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/americanah00chim/page/74/mode/1up?q=%22smear+their%22">[19]</a></sup>, New York: Knopf, page <span class="None" lang="und">74</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> what was it with all those village people who could not stand on their feet without reaching out to <b>smear</b> their palm on a wall?</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1838</b></span>, Boz [pseudonym; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>], <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist" class="extiw" title="w:Oliver Twist">Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="[...] In Three Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, volume <span class="maintenance-line">(please specify |volume=I, II, or III)</span>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bentley_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Bentley (publisher)">Richard Bentley</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="New Burlington Street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/558204586">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/olivertwistorpar0dick/page/198/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">198</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He had <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> a dirty <a href="/wiki/belcher#Etymology_2" title="belcher">belcher</a> handkerchief round his neck, with the long frayed ends of which he <b>smeared</b> the beer from his face as he spoke:</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1926</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence" class="extiw" title="w:D. H. Lawrence">D. H. Lawrence</a>, chapter 5, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plumed_Serpent" class="extiw" title="w:The Plumed Serpent">The Plumed Serpent</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/plumedserpent0000lawr/page/76/mode/2up?q=smear">[20]</a></sup>, London: Heinemann, published <span class="None" lang="und">1955</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">85</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The boatman rowed short and hard <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>, only pausing at moments swiftly to <b>smear</b> the sweat from his face with an old rag he kept on the bench beside him.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><b>1960</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter" class="extiw" title="w:Katherine Anne Porter">Katherine Anne Porter</a>, “Holiday” in Douglas and Sylvia Angus (eds.), <i>Contemporary American Short Stories,</i> New York: Ballantine, 1983, p. 323,<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/contemporaryamer00angu/page/323/mode/1up?q=smearing">[21]</a></sup> <dl><dd><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> she stood and shook with silent crying, <b>smearing</b> away her tears with the open palm of her hand.</dd></dl></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/climbing#Noun" title="climbing">climbing</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To climb without using <a href="/wiki/foothold" title="foothold">footholds</a>, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/asmear#English" title="asmear">asmear</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/besmear#English" title="besmear">besmear</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smearer#English" title="smearer">smearer</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smear_the_queer#English" title="smear the queer">smear the queer</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_spread_(a_substance)"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to spread (a substance)</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to spread (a substance)"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bashkir: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ba"><a href="/wiki/%D2%BB%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%82%D3%A9%D2%AF#Bashkir" title="һөртөү">һөртөү</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ba-Latn" class="tr Latn">hörtöw</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="мажа">мажа</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:мажа">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">maža</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="размазвам (page does not exist)">размазвам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:размазвам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">razmazvam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/escampar#Catalan" title="escampar">escampar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/escampar" class="extiw" title="ca:escampar">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Chickasaw: <span class="Latn" lang="cic"><a href="/wiki/aabi#Chickasaw" title="aabi">aabi</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A1%97%E6%8A%B9#Mandarin" title="塗抹">塗抹</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%B6%82%E6%8A%B9#Mandarin" title="涂抹">涂抹</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A1%97%E6%8A%B9" class="extiw" title="zh:塗抹">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">túmǒ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/smeren#Dutch" title="smeren">smeren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/smeren" class="extiw" title="nl:smeren">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=uitsmeren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="uitsmeren (page does not exist)">uitsmeren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/uitsmeren" class="extiw" title="nl:uitsmeren">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Dmiri#Esperanto" title="ŝmiri">ŝmiri</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/levitt%C3%A4%C3%A4#Finnish" title="levittää">levittää</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/levitt%C3%A4%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:levittää">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%B6hert%C3%A4%C3%A4#Finnish" title="töhertää">töhertää</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%B6hert%C3%A4%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:töhertää">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/badigeonner#French" title="badigeonner">badigeonner</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/badigeonner" class="extiw" title="fr:badigeonner">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9taler#French" title="étaler">étaler</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9taler" class="extiw" title="fr:étaler">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/untar#Galician" title="untar">untar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/untar" class="extiw" title="gl:untar">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%92%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="გლესვა (page does not exist)">გლესვა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">glesva</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="წასმა (page does not exist)">წასმა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">c̣asma</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/schmieren#German" title="schmieren">schmieren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/schmieren" class="extiw" title="de:schmieren">(de)</a></span> <dl><dd>Alemannic German: <span class="Latn" lang="gsw"><a href="/wiki/schmirre#Alemannic_German" title="schmirre">schmirre</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%97#Hebrew" title="מרח">מָרַח</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%97" class="extiw" title="he:מרח">(he)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">maráẖ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/ungere#Italian" title="ungere">ungere</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ungere" class="extiw" title="it:ungere">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/spalmare#Italian" title="spalmare">spalmare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/spalmare" class="extiw" title="it:spalmare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/imbrattare#Italian" title="imbrattare">imbrattare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbrattare" class="extiw" title="it:imbrattare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/sbavare#Italian" title="sbavare">sbavare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/sbavare" class="extiw" title="it:sbavare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%A1%97%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="塗る">塗る</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A1%97%E3%82%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:塗る">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">ぬる, nuru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E5%A1%97%E3%82%8A%E4%BB%98%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="塗り付ける (page does not exist)">塗り付ける</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">ぬりつける, nuritsukeru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="размачкува">разма́чкува</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">razmáčkuva</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="размачка">ра́змачка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">rázmačka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/pani#Maori" title="pani">pani</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/panipani#Maori" title="panipani">panipani</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/penu#Maori" title="penu">penu</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/muku#Maori" title="muku">muku</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mukumuku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mukumuku (page does not exist)">mukumuku</a></span></li> <li>Old English: <span class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/smierwan#Old_English" title="smierwan">smierwan</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/maza%C4%87#Polish" title="mazać">mazać</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/maza%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:mazać">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/pomaza%C4%87#Polish" title="pomazać">pomazać</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/smarowa%C4%87#Polish" title="smarować">smarować</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/smarowa%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:smarować">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/posmarowa%C4%87#Polish" title="posmarować">posmarować</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/posmarowa%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:posmarować">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/lambuzar#Portuguese" title="lambuzar">lambuzar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/lambuzar" class="extiw" title="pt:lambuzar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/untar#Portuguese" title="untar">untar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/untar" class="extiw" title="pt:untar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Quechua: <span class="Latn" lang="qu"><a href="/wiki/hawiy#Quechua" title="hawiy">hawiy</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/badijona#Romanian" title="badijona">badijona</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/badijona" class="extiw" title="ro:badijona">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="размазывать">разма́зывать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:размазывать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">razmázyvatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="размазать">разма́зать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:размазать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">razmázatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="мазать">ма́зать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:мазать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">mázatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Sanskrit: <span class="Deva" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF#Sanskrit" title="लिम्पति">लिम्पति</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="tr Latn">limpati</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/mazati#Serbo-Croatian" title="mazati">mȁzati</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/mazati" class="extiw" title="sh:mazati">(sh)</a></span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Serbo-Croatian" title="мазати">мазати</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/manchar#Spanish" title="manchar">manchar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/manchar" class="extiw" title="es:manchar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/untar#Spanish" title="untar">untar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/untar" class="extiw" title="es:untar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/embadurnar#Spanish" title="embadurnar">embadurnar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/embadurnar" class="extiw" title="es:embadurnar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aplicar#Spanish" title="aplicar">aplicar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/aplicar" class="extiw" title="es:aplicar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/ungir#Spanish" title="ungir">ungir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ungir" class="extiw" title="es:ungir">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Tamil: <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81#Tamil" title="பூசு">பூசு</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81" class="extiw" title="ta:பூசு">(ta)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">pūcu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2#Thai" title="ทา">ทา</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2" class="extiw" title="th:ทา">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">taa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2#Thai" title="ป้าย">ป้าย</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2" class="extiw" title="th:ป้าย">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">bpâai</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94#Thai" title="ปาด">ปาด</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94" class="extiw" title="th:ปาด">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">bpàat</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Tongan: <span class="Latn" lang="to"><a href="/wiki/pani#Tongan" title="pani">pani</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/yaymak#Turkish" title="yaymak">yaymak</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/yaymak" class="extiw" title="tr:yaymak">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Yiddish: <span class="Hebr" lang="yi"><a href="/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9F#Yiddish" title="שמירן">שמירן</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yi-Latn" class="tr Latn">shmirn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hebr" lang="yi"><a href="/wiki/%D7%A4%D6%BC%D7%90%D6%B7%D7%98%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%A2%D7%9F#Yiddish" title="פּאַטשקען">פּאַטשקען</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yi-Latn" class="tr Latn">patshken</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_spread_(a_surface)_with_a_substance"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to spread (a surface) with a substance</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to spread (a surface) with a substance"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%86#Arabic" title="دهن">دَهَنَ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">dahana</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/s%C3%BCrtm%C9%99k#Azerbaijani" title="sürtmək">sürtmək</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%C3%BCrtm%C9%99k" class="extiw" title="az:sürtmək">(az)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/yaxmaq#Azerbaijani" title="yaxmaq">yaxmaq</a></span></li> <li>Bashkir: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ba"><a href="/wiki/%D2%BB%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%82%D3%A9%D2%AF#Bashkir" title="һөртөү">һөртөү</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ba-Latn" class="tr Latn">hörtöw</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="намазвам (page does not exist)">намазвам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:намазвам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">namazvam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/untar#Catalan" title="untar">untar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/untar" class="extiw" title="ca:untar">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Chickasaw: <span class="Latn" lang="cic"><a href="/wiki/aabi#Chickasaw" title="aabi">aabi</a></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/pot%C5%99%C3%ADt#Czech" title="potřít">potřít</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/pomazat#Czech" title="pomazat">pomazat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/pomazat" class="extiw" title="cs:pomazat">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/namazat#Czech" title="namazat">namazat</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/insmeren#Dutch" title="insmeren">insmeren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/insmeren" class="extiw" title="nl:insmeren">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Dmiri#Esperanto" title="ŝmiri">ŝmiri</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%B6hri%C3%A4#Finnish" title="töhriä">töhriä</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%B6hri%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:töhriä">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/peitt%C3%A4%C3%A4#Finnish" title="peittää">peittää</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/peitt%C3%A4%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:peittää">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/couvrir#French" title="couvrir">couvrir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/couvrir" class="extiw" title="fr:couvrir">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/untar#Galician" title="untar">untar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/untar" class="extiw" title="gl:untar">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/beschmieren#German" title="beschmieren">beschmieren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/beschmieren" class="extiw" title="de:beschmieren">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/ricoprire#Italian" title="ricoprire">ricoprire</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ricoprire" class="extiw" title="it:ricoprire">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/lino#Latin" title="lino">linō</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="намачка">на́мачка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">námačka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="мачка">ма́чка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">máčka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/muku#Maori" title="muku">muku</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mukumuku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mukumuku (page does not exist)">mukumuku</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/pani#Maori" title="pani">pani</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/panipani#Maori" title="panipani">panipani</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/maza%C4%87#Polish" title="mazać">mazać</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/maza%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:mazać">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/pomaza%C4%87#Polish" title="pomazać">pomazać</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/smarowa%C4%87#Polish" title="smarować">smarować</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/smarowa%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:smarować">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/posmarowa%C4%87#Polish" title="posmarować">posmarować</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/posmarowa%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:posmarować">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="мазать">ма́зать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:мазать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">mázatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="намазать">нама́зать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:намазать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">namázatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="смазывать">сма́зывать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:смазывать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">smázyvatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="смазать">сма́зать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:смазать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">smázatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/untar#Spanish" title="untar">untar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/untar" class="extiw" title="es:untar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/cubrir#Spanish" title="cubrir">cubrir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cubrir" class="extiw" title="es:cubrir">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2#Thai" title="ทา">ทา</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2" class="extiw" title="th:ทา">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">taa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2#Thai" title="ป้าย">ป้าย</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2" class="extiw" title="th:ป้าย">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">bpâai</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Yiddish: <span class="Hebr" lang="yi"><a href="/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9F#Yiddish" title="שמירן">שמירן</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yi-Latn" class="tr Latn">shmirn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_damage_someone&#039;s_reputation_by_slandering,_making_false_accusations"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AB#Arabic" title="لوث">لَوَّثَ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">lawwaṯa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F#Bulgarian" title="позоря">позоря</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="bg:позоря">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">pozorja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/empastifar#Catalan" title="empastifar">empastifar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/empastifar" class="extiw" title="ca:empastifar">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AF%80%E8%AC%97#Mandarin" title="毀謗">毀謗</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AF%81%E8%B0%A4#Mandarin" title="毁谤">毁谤</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AF%80%E8%AC%97" class="extiw" title="zh:毀謗">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">huǐbàng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>,<span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%AA%B9%E8%AC%97#Mandarin" title="誹謗">誹謗</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%AF%BD%E8%B0%A4#Mandarin" title="诽谤">诽谤</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%AA%B9%E8%AC%97" class="extiw" title="zh:誹謗">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">fěibàng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/po%C5%A1pinit#Czech" title="pošpinit">pošpinit</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/po%C5%A1pinit" class="extiw" title="cs:pošpinit">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/o%C4%8Dernit#Czech" title="očernit">očernit</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/lasteren#Dutch" title="lasteren">lasteren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/lasteren" class="extiw" title="nl:lasteren">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/fifamigi#Esperanto" title="fifamigi">fifamigi</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/tahrata#Finnish" title="tahrata">tahrata</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/tahrata" class="extiw" title="fi:tahrata">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%A4rvell%C3%A4#Finnish" title="tärvellä">tärvellä</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%A4rvell%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:tärvellä">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/loata#Finnish" title="loata">loata</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/loata" class="extiw" title="fi:loata">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/diffamer#French" title="diffamer">diffamer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/diffamer" class="extiw" title="fr:diffamer">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AA%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ჩირქს სცხებს (page does not exist)">ჩირქს სცხებს</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">čirks scxebs</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/diffamieren#German" title="diffamieren">diffamieren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/diffamieren" class="extiw" title="de:diffamieren">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/verleumden#German" title="verleumden">verleumden</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/verleumden" class="extiw" title="de:verleumden">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/macchiare#Italian" title="macchiare">macchiare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/macchiare" class="extiw" title="it:macchiare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/diffamare#Italian" title="diffamare">diffamare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/diffamare" class="extiw" title="it:diffamare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/denigrare#Italian" title="denigrare">denigrare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/denigrare" class="extiw" title="it:denigrare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%86%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8#Macedonian" title="оцрни">о́црни</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">ócrni</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=t%C5%ABtara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tūtara (page does not exist)">tūtara</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whakahahani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whakahahani (page does not exist)">whakahahani</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tarawau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tarawau (page does not exist)">tarawau</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/manchar#Portuguese" title="manchar">manchar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/manchar" class="extiw" title="pt:manchar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="марать">мара́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:марать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">marátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="замарать">замара́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:замарать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">zamarátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="очернять">очерня́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:очернять">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">očernjátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="очернить">очерни́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:очернить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">očernítʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/embarrar#Spanish" title="embarrar">embarrar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/embarrar" class="extiw" title="es:embarrar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/manchar#Spanish" title="manchar">manchar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/manchar" class="extiw" title="es:manchar">(es)</a></span> la <a href="/wiki/reputaci%C3%B3n" title="reputación">reputación</a>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/difamar#Spanish" title="difamar">difamar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/difamar" class="extiw" title="es:difamar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/calumniar#Spanish" title="calumniar">calumniar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/calumniar" class="extiw" title="es:calumniar">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/smutskasta#Swedish" title="smutskasta">smutskasta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/smutskasta" class="extiw" title="sv:smutskasta">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B5#Thai" title="ป้ายสี">ป้ายสี</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B5" class="extiw" title="th:ป้ายสี">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">bpâai-sǐi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_become_spread_by_smearing"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to become spread by smearing</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to become spread by smearing"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bashkir: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ba"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D2%BB%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%82%D3%A9%D0%BB%D3%A9%D2%AF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="һөртөлөү (page does not exist)">һөртөлөү</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ba-Latn" class="tr Latn">hörtölöw</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%B6hriinty%C3%A4#Finnish" title="töhriintyä">töhriintyä</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">smear</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smears#English" title="smears">smears</a></b>)</span> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bacterial_smear_on_nutrient_agar_-_E._coli.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bacterial_smear_on_nutrient_agar_-_E._coli.JPG/220px-Bacterial_smear_on_nutrient_agar_-_E._coli.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bacterial_smear_on_nutrient_agar_-_E._coli.JPG/330px-Bacterial_smear_on_nutrient_agar_-_E._coli.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bacterial_smear_on_nutrient_agar_-_E._coli.JPG/440px-Bacterial_smear_on_nutrient_agar_-_E._coli.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>A bacterial smear</figcaption></figure> <ol><li>A mark made by smearing. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/streak#English" title="streak">streak</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">This detergent cleans windows without leaving <b>smears</b>.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1886</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Hardy">Thomas Hardy</a>, chapter 8, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mayor_of_Casterbridge" class="extiw" title="w:The Mayor of Casterbridge">The Mayor of Casterbridge</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/mayorofcasterbri02hard/page/108/mode/1up?q=smear">[22]</a></sup>, volume 2, London: Smith, Elder, page <span class="None" lang="und">108</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">A <b>smear</b> of decisive lead-coloured paint had been laid on to obliterate Henchard’s name, though its letters dimly loomed through like ships in a fog.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1933</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byron" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Byron">Robert Byron</a>, <cite>First Russia, Then Tibet</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20170539/html.php">[23]</a></sup>, London: Macmillan, Part 2, Chapter 8:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Vast avalanches had left their dirty <b>smears</b> on the opposing slopes,</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1952</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Shute" class="extiw" title="w:Nevil Shute">Nevil Shute</a>, chapter 2, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Country_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:The Far Country (novel)">The Far Country</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20120508/html.php">[24]</a></sup>, London: Heinemann:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">she bought a couple of rolls filled with a thin <b>smear</b> of potted meat for her breakfast</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2005</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banville" class="extiw" title="w:John Banville">John Banville</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:The Sea (novel)">The Sea</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/sea00banv/page/228/mode/1up?q=smear">[25]</a></sup>, London: Picador, <span class="None" lang="und">Part 2, p. 228</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I could see the roofs of the town on the horizon, and farther off and higher up, a tiny silver ship propped motionless on a <b>smear</b> of pale sea.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/false" title="false">false</a> or <a href="/wiki/unsupported" title="unsupported">unsupported</a>, <a href="/wiki/malicious" title="malicious">malicious</a> statement intended to <a href="/wiki/injure" title="injure">injure</a> a person's <a href="/wiki/reputation" title="reputation">reputation</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/calumny#English" title="calumny">calumny</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/slander#English" title="slander">slander</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/slur#English" title="slur">slur</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mudslinging#English" title="mudslinging">mudslinging</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smear_campaign#English" title="smear campaign"><b>smear</b> campaign</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1752</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Cibber" class="extiw" title="w:Theophilus Cibber">Theophilus Cibber</a>, <cite>A Lick at a Liar</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004806911.0001.000">[26]</a></sup>, London: R. Griffiths, page 7:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I should have held him quite beneath my Notice, as is all he utters, but that the Appetite of Slander, in many, is too predominant; and, ’tis possible, when the filthiest Fellow throws a Profusion of Dirt, some may chance to stick, if not timely thrown off; I shall endeavour therefore, to wipe away the sooty <b>Smears</b> of this Chimney-sweeper, by relating a simple Fact, which will, I flatter myself, amply confute the malicious Tales of this unprovoked, rancorous Mortal:</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#a." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="ante">a.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1969</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kennedy_Toole" class="extiw" title="w:John Kennedy Toole">John Kennedy Toole</a>, chapter 13, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces" class="extiw" title="w:A Confederacy of Dunces">A Confederacy of Dunces</a></cite>, Penguin, published <span class="None" lang="und">1981</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780140058895" title="Special:BookSources/9780140058895">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/confederacyofdun0000tool_d9d0/page/289/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">289</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">“I’d rather not [read the newspaper article]. It’s probably full of falsification and <b>smear</b>. The yellow journalists doubtlessly suggested all sorts of lip-smacking innuendoes.”</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/biology" title="biology">biology</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/preparation" title="preparation">preparation</a> to be <a href="/wiki/examine" title="examine">examined</a> under a <a href="/wiki/microscope" title="microscope">microscope</a>, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a <a href="/wiki/slide#Noun" title="slide">slide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/squash#English" title="squash">squash</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/medicine" title="medicine">medicine</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/Pap_smear" title="Pap smear">Pap smear</a> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">screening test for cervical cancer</span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cervical_smear#English" title="cervical smear">cervical smear</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Pap_test#English" title="Pap test">Pap test</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon for a <b>smear</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/radio" title="radio">radio</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/television" title="television">television</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Any of various forms of <a href="/wiki/distortion" title="distortion">distortion</a> that make a <a href="/wiki/signal" title="signal">signal</a> harder to see or hear. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1954</b></span>, <cite>Radio & Television News: Radio-electronic engineering section</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In television terms, a certain amount of <b>smear</b>, ringing, and anticipatory overshoot are indigenous to VSB transmission.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1972</b></span>, <cite>Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Results show the reduction in intelligibility produced by changing the filter condition was much greater than reductions caused by altering <b>smear</b> duration.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/climbing#Noun" title="climbing">climbing</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/maneuver" title="maneuver">maneuver</a> in which the shoe is placed onto the <a href="/wiki/hold" title="hold">holdless</a> rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/music" title="music">music</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A rough <a href="/wiki/glissando" title="glissando">glissando</a> in <a href="/wiki/jazz" title="jazz">jazz</a> music.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/blood_smear#English" title="blood smear">blood smear</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/cervical_smear#English" title="cervical smear">cervical smear</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/marrow_smear#English" title="marrow smear">marrow smear</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Papanicolaou_smear#English" title="Papanicolaou smear">Papanicolaou smear</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pap_smear#English" title="pap smear">pap smear</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smear_campaign#English" title="smear campaign">smear campaign</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smear_case#English" title="smear case">smear case</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smear-case#English" title="smear-case">smear-case</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smear_frame#English" title="smear frame">smear frame</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smear_test#English" title="smear test">smear test</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smeary#English" title="smeary">smeary</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-mark"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">mark</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="mark"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE#Bulgarian" title="петно">петно</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE" class="extiw" title="bg:петно">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">petno</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5#Bulgarian" title="леке">леке</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="bg:леке">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">leke</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/%C5%A1mouha#Czech" title="šmouha">šmouha</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/tahra#Finnish" title="tahra">tahra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/tahra" class="extiw" title="fi:tahra">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%B6hry#Finnish" title="töhry">töhry</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%B6hry" class="extiw" title="fi:töhry">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/trace#French" title="trace">trace</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/trace" class="extiw" title="fr:trace">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/tra%C3%AEn%C3%A9e#French" title="traînée">traînée</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tra%C3%AEn%C3%A9e" class="extiw" title="fr:traînée">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/frottis#French" title="frottis">frottis</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/frottis" class="extiw" title="fr:frottis">(fr)</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Pap_smear" title="Pap smear">Pap smear</a>)</li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/smearadh#Irish" title="smearadh">smearadh</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/macchia#Italian" title="macchia">macchia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/macchia" class="extiw" title="it:macchia">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/sbavatura#Italian" title="sbavatura">sbavatura</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="дамка">да́мка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">dámka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/tope#Maori" title="tope">tope</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/ma%C5%BAni%C4%99cie#Polish" title="maźnięcie">maźnięcie</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/macha#Portuguese" title="macha">macha</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/macha" class="extiw" title="pt:macha">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/frotiu#Romanian" title="frotiu">frotiu</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/frotiu" class="extiw" title="ro:frotiu">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/mancha#Spanish" title="mancha">mancha</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/mancha" class="extiw" title="es:mancha">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kulapol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kulapol (page does not exist)">kulapol</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-preparation_to_be_examined_under_a_microscope"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">preparation to be examined under a microscope</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="preparation to be examined under a microscope"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=esfrega%C3%A7o&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="esfregaço (page does not exist)">esfregaço</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/utstryk#Swedish" title="utstryk">utstryk</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-Pap_smear"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Pap smear <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/Pap_smear#Translations" title="Pap smear">Pap smear</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">Edwin Benzel Steen, <i>Dictionary of Biology,</i> New York: Barnes & Noble, 1971.<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbiol00edwi/page/504/mode/1up?q=smear">[1]</a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=smear&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/marse#English" title="marse">marse</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/reams#English" title="reams">reams</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Mears#English" title="Mears">Mears</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/maser#English" title="maser">maser</a></span>, <span class="Latn" 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