Smear

v. t.	1.	To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. [imp. & p. p. Smeared (smērd); p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.]
	2.	To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
	3.	To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).
	4.	to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.
n.	1.	A fat, oily substance; oinment.
	2.	Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain. Slow broke the morn, All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of light. - Alexander Smith.

Noun	1.	smear - slanderous defamation Synonyms: malignment, vilification
	2.	smear - a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope Synonyms: cytologic smear, cytosmear
	3.	smear - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" Synonyms: blot, smirch, smudge, daub, slur, spot
	4.	smear - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" Synonyms: blot, smirch, stain, spot
Verb	1.	smear - stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
	2.	smear - make a smudge on; soil by smudging Synonyms: smudge, smutch, blur
	3.	smear - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" Synonyms: daub
	4.	smear - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, sully

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