v
(transitive) To blot all over; stain.
v
(transitive) To cover or daub with slime; slime.
v
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
v
(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
v
To spoil the appearance of.
v
(transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
n
(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
v
to smear with paint, oil, etc.
n
Obsolete spelling of boil [A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.]
v
(transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
n
Alternative form of crizzle [A roughened surface, especially one on glass that clouds its transparency.]
v
(transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
v
(transitive) To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.
n
The act of breaking up or pulverizing.
v
To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
n
(by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
n
(informal) A minute remnant, humorously the only distinguishable remains of an antagonist after a fight.
n
Act of smearing or rubbing in or on.
n
(obsolete) A bruise; a contusion.
adj
Chapped; cracked with cold; affected with chilblains.
v
(transitive) To spread marmalade on.
adj
Having something scattered over it.
v
(transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
adj
(obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
adj
Characteristic of a desire to prevail at any cost.
v
Alternative form of schmear [To spread something, often a bagel spread.]
v
(transitive, informal) To cook (something) in a manner which causes that sound.
adj
of a work of art, done in the style that suggests the painter was slashing the canvas with a paintbrush
v
(often followed by with) To apply generously upon.
n
A mark, stain, or smear; (by extension) a slight occasion of reproach.
v
(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
adj
Having a consistency like grease; covered with such a substance.
n
Alternative form of smear case
n
(UK, obsolete, dialect) A stain.
n
(sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
adj
Obsolete form of smouldering. [(British spelling) Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame.]
n
A stain or smear left by something being smudged.
n
(mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
n
A stain, smudge or blot.
n
The act by which a candle, etc. is snuffed out.
v
(transitive) To cover or dress with soot.
v
(transitive) To cover with soot; make sooty
adj
Haphazardly and incompletely distributed.
n
A blemish on one's character or reputation.
n
(UK dialectal) A spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault.
n
An instance of being wounded.
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