I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a smear campaign (= in which unpleasant or untrue stories are spread about an important person )
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He claims he was the victim of a smear campaign.
cervical smear
Pap smear
smear campaign
smear test
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cervical
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Still to come on the programme Inverclyde hospital to adopt key changes to cervical smear tests.
pap
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To be recalled for a second Pap smear is to catch the disease of fear.
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The Pap smear is officially called the Papanicolaou Test, after the doctor who invented it.
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Thompson advocates Pap smears for women.
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Thompson said the Pap smear only detects cervical cancer; it does not detect ovarian cancer or endometrial cancer.
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A woman should begin having Pap smears as soon as she is sexually active, Thompson said.
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How often should a woman have a Pap smear ? &038;.
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The Pap smear means the cancer can be treated at its earliest, and most curable, stages.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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There were paint smears visible on the doorknob.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A slightly sinister element is that neither side is producing its smears.
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At what age should a woman begin having an annual Pap smear ? &.
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He looked at the thin smear of my blood on his palm, and wrapped a small black towel around my hand.
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I slid off the seat, keeping my eyes down, expecting to see a smear of red blood on the chair.
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Just a smear of protoplasm, another speck on the biological scrap heap.
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The hideous blood smear on the window was a running crimson blur in the rain.
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There was a bright moon and on looking closer I saw a dark smear coming from his mouth.
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Wasn't there a dark smear on the doorknob of the long room?
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
over
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They had an impression of very red cheeks and moist yellow hair smeared over the scalp like egg yolk.
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Her make up was smeared over her face and her hair was a mass of tangles.
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This should be smeared over all unpolished areas as well, to give extra protection against future infestation.
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The sauce from Mr Bishop's tomato ketchup bottles had been emptied out in great red gobs or smeared over the cupboards.
■ NOUN
blood
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She rubbed her belly and touched her face tenderly, smearing the blood and pressing the shallow bite wound.
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Was Alexander the Great's path to glory smeared with blood ?
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The hair looked as though it were smeared with dried blood .
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There was smeared blood at the corner of his mouth, a grassy bruise on his cheek.
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I looked at them, they were smeared with blood and worse.
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Creed picked it up, his fingers smearing blood on to its surface.
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After the raid the walls were smeared with blood , and about 35 people were being detained in hospital.
face
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It smeared the faces of the men in the room, fighting a losing, fitful battle with the shadows.
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He picks it up and smears his face with it.
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Her make up was smeared over her face and her hair was a mass of tangles.
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This clay exudate she smeared across her face and streaked into her hair.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"What time did we say we'd meet them?" she asked, smearing on a bright red lipstick.
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Before setting out on their walk, they smeared themselves with sunblock.
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Carter refused to take part in an attempt to smear his campaign opponent.
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I knew Deanna had been crying because her makeup had smeared.
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The printing wasn't dark enough, and many letters were smeared around the edges.
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The rain had dribbled on his glasses and smeared them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Detective Jake Gittes, tricked by Cross into smearing Mulwray, does not escape the compulsion to repeat.
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However, Dimitrov claimed that Asparukhov's allegations were part of a Zhelev-inspired effort to smear him and his government.
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I looked down the street and I saw an entirely naked man walking along, smeared in ash.
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It smeared the faces of the men in the room, fighting a losing, fitful battle with the shadows.
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People from the neighborhood rushed in and threw the place up for grabs, smearing excrement on the walls.
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Young researchers take a drop of blood, smear it on a slide, stain it and check it under the microscope.