1. Noun
To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
2. Noun
To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
3. Noun
A fat, oily substance; oinment.
4. Noun
Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
5. Noun
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
6. Noun
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
7. Noun
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
Vocabulary classified under Research methods
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