I.
noun
1 mark
ADJECTIVE
▪ greasy
VERB + SMEAR
▪ leave
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
His fingers left a ~ of sweat on the wall.
2 lies about an important person
ADJECTIVE
▪ political
▪ Democratic , Republican , etc.
SMEAR + NOUN
▪ campaign , tactic
▪
They have conducted a vicious ~ campaign against him.
▪ job ( AmE , informal )
▪
a ~ job on President Clinton
▪ machine ( AmE )
▪
the far-right ~ machine
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against , ~ on
▪
campaign ~s against the socialist candidate
3 medical test
ADJECTIVE
▪ cervical ( BrE ), Pap ( AmE )
▪ negative , positive
▪ abnormal
▪
an abnormal ~ test ( BrE )
▪
an abnormal Pap ~ test ( AmE )
VERBS
▪ get , have
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ liberally
▪
She ~ed the cream liberally on her face.
PREPOSITION
▪ across , on , over , with
▪
The child had ~ed peanut butter all over her face.
▪
His hands were ~ed with blood.
Smear is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ lipstick , ↑ make-up , ↑ mascara
Smear is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ blood , ↑ ink , ↑ lipstick , ↑ make-up , ↑ mascara