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Smeared

Smear \Smear\ (sm[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared (sm[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.] [OE. smeren, smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to anoint. See Smear, n.]

  1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. ``Smear the sleepy grooms with blood.''
    --Shak.

  2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
    --Shak.

  3. To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).

  4. to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.

Smeared

Smeared \Smeared\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth ( Apatela oblinita).

Wiktionary
smeared

vb. (en-past of: smear)

WordNet
smeared

adj. smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination; "oil-smeared work clothes"; "hostile faces smirched by the grime and rust"- Henry Roth; "ink-smudged fingers" [syn: smirched, smudged, smudgy]

Wikipedia
Smeared

Smeared is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released in Canada on October 1, 1992, and in the United States in January, 1993, on Geffen Records. The album was recorded at a cost of only $1,200. The album is ranked 86th in the 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums by music journalist Bob Mersereau.

Smeared (disambiguation)

Smeared is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band, Sloan, 1992.

Smeared may also refer to

  • "Smeared", song by Windy & Carl 1996

Usage examples of "smeared".

And through the translucence swam twin spirals of faint light, smeared against the blackness of the Abyss.

Skin a pallid, dulled reflection of moonlight, smeared in dirt, smudged by something like mould.

Naked, her pale skin smeared, her long hair clotted with coagulating blood.

A blue, murky world, smeared with streaks of green, the grit of dirt and sand, the smell of cold.

The smeared gleam of amber eyes was fixed on him, and Trull reached for his sword, only to find the scabbard empty.

I discovered, kneeling smeared on the rotting bank playing with shards of broken pots that knew only shades of grey no matter how deep and how streaming these tears.

Rhulad looked down at his body, the smeared, crusted coins, the spattered furs.

But the air still stank of smoke and the walls of the buildings were smeared with an oily grit.

Each tip had been smeared with blood from the breeder and his family, to seal the vengeful intent.

Her lips were smeared with purplish lipstick that leaked into the wrinkles around her mouth.

Wheat bread smeared with the butter he traded for a dozen eggs with Mrs.

Crystal, whose face was smeared with chocolate, was scooping icing from the can with her finger.

Tonight when Lizzy cleaned up the dishes, she managed to spill lentil soup on the floor, smeared a thick gob of it across her shirt, and had even flipped some into her hair.

So far, Lizzy had been served chocolate milk in a red plastic cup and a plate of crackers smeared with jam.

Cunningham studied her carefully, startled to notice two red smudges smeared down her chubby cheeks.