n. Function: verb
1 to overspread with something unctuous, viscous, or adhesive FF1C; smeared the crack with wet concrete FF1E;
Synonyms: bedaub, besmear, dab, daub, plaster, ||smarm, smudge
Related Words: rub; coat, cover, overlay, overspread, spread; smirch, soil
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Synonyms: TAINT 1, besmear, besmirch, defile, discolor, soil, stain, sully, tar, tarnish
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Synonyms: MALIGN , asperse, befoul, bespatter, blacken, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, slur
Idioms: use smear tactics (on or against)
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Synonyms: WHIP 2, beat, ||clobber, drub, lambaste, lick, shellac, smother, thrash, trim
Related Words: foil, frustrate; repulse
Idioms: mop up the floor ( or earth) with