Crossword clues for smearing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. ``Smear the sleepy grooms with blood.''
--Shak.To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
--Shak.To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).
to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.
Wiktionary
n. Something smeared or daubed. vb. (present participle of smear English)
Wikipedia
Smearing may refer to:
- smearing of an image taken by an astronomical interferometer:
- bandwidth smearing, a chromatic aberration;
- time smearing, a consequence of Earth rotation during the observation;
- smearing a technique of rock climbing.
Usage examples of "smearing".
Louren began building himself a sandwich of bread and cold slices of roast gemsbok fillet, smearing it with mustard.
She had been smearing on pink lipstick when Michael carried her out the door.
Carrianne had lifted the bandage from her back and was smearing unguent on her.
Her palms sweated so that she had to wipe them off to keep from smearing the ink in her book.
Giggle had stripped naked and was squatting on the floor, smearing rapture on her thighs.
He wiped at the blood, smearing it but managing to remove some of it from his features.
And the last futile, rather foolish effort to fix a crime upon him was smearing her blood by his door.
A face appeared at his side window, pressed flat, smearing the glass with his lips.
One helicopter - only one so far, its lights smearing red-blue-white across the snow on the lawn, red-blue-white, as it descended.
They moved so fast, that Nathaniel fell against me, smearing blood down my skin.
He flicked the brush across the top of the paper, smearing clouds out of the grayish paint.
Houses burned white hot and the water spurted by the feeble pumps was turned to steam that joined the thick smoke smearing the sky all across Zealand.
Ashe rubbed his forearm across his face, the gesture of a weary and heartsick man, smearing the ash and grime into an awesome mask.
Michelangelo smearing his body with paint and slamming it into a canvas.
I folded it hastily, not worrying about smearing, and thrust it with the other note into my pocket.