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Cosa (chi) è smear - definizione

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Smear (disambiguation); Smearing (disambiguation); Smeared (disambiguation); Smearing

smear         
I. v. a.
1.
Daub, bedaub, besmear, plaster, begrime.
2.
Contaminate, soil, stain, pollute, tarnish, sully.
II. n.
Daub, stain, blot, blotch, patch, spot.
smear         
n. (med.)
1) to do, take a smear
2) a Pap smear (they did a Pap smear on each patient)
smear         
(smears, smearing, smeared)
1.
If you smear a surface with an oily or sticky substance or smear the substance onto the surface, you spread a layer of the substance over the surface.
My sister smeared herself with suntan oil and slept by the swimming pool...
Smear a little olive oil over the inside of the salad bowl.
VERB: V n with n, V n prep
2.
A smear is a dirty or oily mark.
There was a smear of gravy on his chin.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
3.
To smear someone means to spread unpleasant and untrue rumours or accusations about them in order to damage their reputation. (JOURNALISM)
...an attempt to smear the director-general of the BBC.
VERB: V n
4.
A smear is an unpleasant and untrue rumour or accusation that is intended to damage someone's reputation. (JOURNALISM)
He puts all the accusations down to a smear campaign by his political opponents.
= slur
N-COUNT: oft N n
5.
A smear or a smear test is a medical test in which a few cells are taken from a woman's cervix and examined to see if any cancer cells are present. (BRIT; in AM, use pap smear
, pap test
)
N-COUNT

Wikipedia

Smear

Smear may refer to:

  • A smear test, wherein a sample is smeared over a microscope slide to be studied for any pathology
    • A smear test usually refers to a pap test, that is, a cervical smear
  • Smear (card game)
  • Smear Lake, a lake in Wisconsin
  • Smear campaign, or smear job, an attack on the reputation of an individual or group making use of disinformation tactics
  • Smear Campaign (album), an album by Napalm Death
  • Pat Smear, the guitarist and actor
  • Smear (optics), motion that degrades sharpness, which is generally linear over the integration time
  • Colloquial name for a glissando, a glide from one musical pitch to another

Smearing may refer to:

  • Smearing of an image taken by an astronomical interferometer:
    • Bandwidth smearing, a chromatic aberration;
    • Time smearing, a consequence of Earth rotation during the observation;
  • Smearing (climbing), a technique of rock climbing
  • Electron smearing, a tool for improving convergence in DFT calculations
Esempi dal corpus di testo per smear
1. Unjustified smear campaign Yad Vashem officials said the material released yesterday would finally put an end to what it said was an unjustified smear campaign against Kastner.
2. Cervical smear is for prevention Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at CRUK, said: "The purpose of the cervical smear is all about prevention.
3. And you know, it‘s smear after smear." "This is a Karl Rove campaign," Webb said, referring to President Bush‘s chief political strategist.
4. "Smear tactics like this do not help politics," he said.
5. Dissident Tamils are subjected to death threats and smear campaigns.