smear

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
2. To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
3. To make something dirty.
4. (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
5. To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
6. To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
7. To become messy or not clear by being spread.
8. To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
9. To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
10. To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
11. 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. A mark made by smearing.
2. A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
3. 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. A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
5. Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
6. A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
7. A rough glissando in jazz music.

Concepts

enduire

étendre

tache

étaler

barbouiller

pis

diffamer

graisser

frottis

traînée

frotter

tacher

badigeonner

calomnie

souillure

peindre

calomnier

maculer

salir

distendre

acheter

corrompre

graisser la patte (à)

payer

soudoyer

suborner

laquer

plâtrer

vernir

souiller

appliquer

crépir

blot

avilir

dénigrer

lubrifier

peu

trace

espalmer

recouvrir

graisser la patte

diffamation

touche

enduit

prélèvement

abrutir

cochonner

hébéter

se salir

s’encrasser

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/smɪə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.