present participle of smear

(idiomatic) An effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.

(chiefly gynaecology) A screening test meant to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.

Having or showing smears. / Tending to smear or soil. / Having a consistency like grease; covered with such a substance.

Alternative form of smearcase

A mark made by smearing. / (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.

(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing. / (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of smear

simple past tense and past participle of smear

(organic chemistry) Any of a group of xanthones present in the plant Garcinia smeathmanii