smear

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
2. (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
3. (transitive) To make something dirty.
4. (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
5. (derogatory, transitive) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
6. (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
7. (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
8. (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
9. (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
10. (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
11. (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
12. To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A mark made by smearing.
2. (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
3. (countable, uncountable) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
4. (countable, uncountable) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
5. (uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
6. (countable, uncountable) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
7. (countable, uncountable) A rough glissando in jazz music.

Έννοιες

αλείφω

επαλείφω

επικαλύπτω

επιχρίω

κατατροπώνω

κηλίδα

κηλίς

κηλιδώνω

λασπώνω

λεκές

λερώνω

μουτζούρα

πασαλείβω

πασαλείφω

επίχρισμα

σπίλωμα

μαυρίζω

σπίλος

Συνώνυμα

daub

anoint

spread

paint

stain

plaster

smirch

smudge

apply

rub

coat

🧥

slander

slur

spot

grease

blot

besmear

sully

besmirch

bedaub

blemish

defame

rub on

blur

udder

wipe

spread out

cover

dab

soil

speck

denigrate

calumniate

oil

mark

moil

overlay

vilification

dirty

blacken

splotch

smut

malignment

calumniation

bemire

aspersion

scrub

adulterate

reach

blotch

Μεταφράσεις

enduire

untar

schmieren

manchar

smeren

untar

embarrar

mancha

doorsmeren

besmeren

macchia

lambuzar

ungere

beschmieren

engrasar

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/smɪə(ɹ)/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: smeren

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: smerian

Συγγενές με Saterfriesisch: smeere

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: smeren

Συγγενές με Κάτω Γερμανικά: smeren

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: schmieren

In summary

From Middle English smeren, smerien, from Old English smerian, smyrian, smierwan (“to anoint or rub with grease, oil, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. Doublet of schmear.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian smeere, Dutch smeren, Low German smeren, German schmieren.