smear
Significado
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- To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- To make something dirty.
- (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/smɪə(ɹ)/
Etimología
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.
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