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Bookmark or Share- smear - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCEFrom Longman Business Dictionary smear /smɪəsmɪr/ noun [ countable] an attempt to harm someone by spreading untrue stories about them Was this just another political smear? The media had launched a smear campaign against him. —smear verb [ transitive] Republicans were trying to smear the President. Origin smear1 Old English smeoru “fatty material”
- Smear Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary: a dirty mark, spot, streak, etc., made by touching or rubbing something. There was a smear [= smudge] on the mirror. 2. medical : a very small sample of something (such as skin or blood) that someone examines with a microscope. The blood smear revealed malaria. — see also pap smear. 3.
- SMEAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryto publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true in order to harm their reputation: She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Damaging reputation. anti-defamation. aspersion. besmirch.
- Cervical Cancer Screening | ACOGCervical Cancer Screening. Download PDF. Cervical Cancer Screening (Text Version) What Is It? Cervical cancer screening may include Pap tests, testing for a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV), or both. In both tests, cells are taken from the cervix and sent to a lab for testing: A Pap test looks for abnormal cells.
- Smear Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. a. : a viscous or sticky substance. b. : a spot made by or as if by an unctuous or adhesive substance. 2. : material smeared on a surface (as of a microscopic slide) also : a preparation made by smearing material on a surface. a vaginal smear.
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