smear

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

smeren

doorsmeren

besmeren

sauzen

uitspreiden

versnijden

verwateren

vlek

ontrollen

ontvouwen

uitsteken

rekken

smet

spreiden

strekken

uitbouwen

uitbreiden

uitrollen

ophouden

uitstrekken

afwikkelen

verdunnen

vergroten

lasteren

bestrijken

bevlekken

bevuilen

insmeren

omkopen

smeersel

veeg

vegen

vuil worden

zalven

besmeuren

sausen

uitsmeren

bezwalken

aanlengen

Synoniemen

daub

anoint

spread

paint

stain

plaster

smudge

smirch

apply

rub

coat

🧥

slander

grease

slur

spot

blot

besmear

sully

besmirch

blemish

bedaub

rub on

defame

udder

cover

speck

soil

spread out

dab

wipe

denigrate

blur

moil

smut

blacken

dirty

calumniate

overlay

malignment

oil

splotch

mark

vilification

adulterate

foul

speckle

spread-eagle

step up

streak

stretch

stretch out

blotch

taint

tarnish

increase

unfold

unfurl

unroll

varnish

vilify

daubing

layout

cover over

magnify

get dirty

malign

smutch

denigration

asperse

dilute

aspersion

stroke

aggrandize

be soiled

calumniation

calumny

bemire

enlarge

reach

cytologic smear

cytosmear

expand

extend

augment

scrub

discolourise

lay something out flat

place on sale

rub in

spread on

spread over

blame on

coating over

Pap smear

abuse

massage

💆

rub with oil

be spattered

be blotted with

be stained with

be sullied

besmear with

bodge

cervical smear

pap smear

spread with

smear test

clean with cowdung

brush on

poor painting

doping material

coating mixture

mould facing

pigment dyes

replaster

Unguentum

assassination

backbite

badmouth

bedraggle

befoul

begrime

bespatter

blot out

blurring

bollocks

brickbat

brush

butter

🧈

circumvent

coating

coating material

coatings

confound

consecrate

contaminate

dabble

defamation

defect

defile

demerit

detraction

dirt

discolor

discoloration

discolouration

disgrace

dope

dressing

envelop

erase

fade

flaw

get

glaze

gloss

grime

imbrue

inlay

lacquer

lay out

leak

lubricate

macula

make

mar

muck

muss

obscure

ointment

overspread

painting

🖼️

paint over

parade

paste

patch

pet

polish

🇵🇱

raze

record

revilement

scant

scour

scratch

slather

smite

smudginess

splash

suffuse

sullied

swab

tinge

touch

wash

🧽

wipe off

annoint

clart

covering material

discolorise

discolorize

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/smɪə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: smeren

Overgenomen van Oudengels: smerian

Verwant aan Saterfries: smeere

Verwant aan Nederlands: smeren

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: smeren

Verwant aan Duits: 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.