smear
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
slanderous defamation
Types & categories
- calumny hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- blot derivation
Sense 3 noun
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
Types & categories
- cytologic specimen hypernym
- alimentary tract smear hyponym
- cervical smear hyponym
- lower respiratory tract smear hyponym
- vaginal smear hyponym
Sense 4 verb
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- blot derivation
Sense 5 noun
a blemish made by dirt
he had a smudge on his cheek
Types & categories
- blemish hypernym
- blotch hyponym
- fingermark hyponym
- inkblot hyponym
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Sense 6 verb
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
smear the wall with paint
Types & categories
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Sense 7 noun
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
he made a huge blot on his copybook
Types & categories
- mistake hypernym
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Sense 8 verb
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
The journalists have defamed me!
Types & categories
- charge hypernym
- assassinate hyponym
- libel hyponym
- badmouth hyponym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slander |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vilify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | badmouth |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | calumny |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | soil |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | moil |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smirch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cytologic specimen |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | alimentary tract smear |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cervical smear |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lower respiratory tract smear |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vaginal smear |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rub |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | resmudge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dust |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smudge |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smear |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smirch |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fleck |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | smudgy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | blemish |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | blotch |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fingermark |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | inkblot |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dauber |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | daub |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | daub |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | slander |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | tarnish |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | mistake |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspersion |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspersion |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | calumny |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | smear |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | slander |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | defamer |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | calumniatory |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | charge |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | assassinate |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | libel |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | badmouth |