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smear

/smɪə/

US pronunciation
American sound/smɪə/
smear
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

US voice -> smear

Myanmar meaning

(v.t) စေးထန်သောအရာနှင့်သုတ်လိမ်းသည်။ပေကျံစေသည်။(n) အဆီ။

Full entry

smear /smÇå(r)/ v

၁။ (က) ~ sth on/over sth/sb ; ~ sth/sb with sth လူးသည်။ လိမ်းသည်။ ပေကျံသည်။ smearing mud all over the wall ❍ He had smeared grease on his overalls/smeared his overalls with grease. ❍ Her face was smeared with blood.
(ခ) ညစ်သည်။ စွန်းသည်။ ပေသည်။ Don't smear the glasses; I've just polished them.
၂။ [ဥ] အိုးမဲသုတ်သည်။ The paper printed the story in an attempt to smear the President.
၃။ ပေရေ၊ ပေပွ စေသည်။ I accidentally smeared the ink before it was dry.
n
၁။ အစွန်းအထင်း။ အစွန်းအကွက်။ စွန်းရာ။ a smear of lipstick ❍ smears of blood on the wall.
၂။ သားပုပ်လေလွင့် စွပ်စွဲချက်။ The story was a smear to discredit the prime minister. ❍ a smear campaign.
၃။ (also smear test,Pap test ) သားအိမ်ခေါင်းမှ ခြစ်ယူပြီး ကင်ဆာရောဂါရှိမရှိ စစ်ဆေးမှု။
a cervical smear ❍ go for a regular smear.

More examples
  • She toasted the bread and smeared cream cheese on top.
  • [be smeared with something] : His face was smeared with mud.
  • The ink tends to smear on shiny paper.
  • The glass was so smeared I could hardly see my reflection in it.
  • This is a cynical attempt to smear a political rival.
Synonyms
spread, coat, daub, cover, wipe, affront, apply, asperse, bad-mouth, badmouth, bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blackguard, blister, blot, blotch, blur, bring into disrepute, calumniate, dab, defame, defile, denigrate, dirty, discolor, discredit, disgrace, do down, drag through mud, give a black eye, hit, insult, libel, malign, mark, overlay, overspread, pan, patch, plaster, poor-mouth, rap, rip up, rub, rub on, ruin, scorch, slam, slander, slight, sling mud, slop, slur, smudge, soil, spatter, splodge, splotch, spray, spread over, sprinkle, stain, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, traduce, vilify
Antonyms
clean, collect, compliment, flatter, gather, honor, laud, praise, purify, upgrade
Cross references
spreadcoatdaubcoverwipeaffrontapplyaspersebad-mouthbadmouthbedaubbefoulbesmirchblackenblackguardblisterblotblotchblurbring into disreputecalumniatedabdefamedefiledenigratedirtydiscolordiscredit
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