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/smɪə(ɹ)/ · verb
(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing..
The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
In general, all bodies whose surfaces are even will […] stick to each other, and if a liquid be smeared over either surface, their cohesion will be still the stronger.
Then again these figures take no account of the thousands of beggars who travel free in India. Many of these are religious "Sadhus", dressed often in nothing but a loin-cloth, or even less, and their bodies smeared with ashes. A large number of these men are nothing but impostors, but the Hindu railway staff usually are afraid to interfere with them.
A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.
Then you would kneel and smear a handful of pomade through my hair, comb it over.
She smeared her lips with lipstick.
Why did you bring these daggers from the place? They must lie there: go carry them; and smear The sleepy grooms with blood.
[…] a Vessel of huge bulk, Measur’d by Cubit, length, & breadth, and highth, Smeard round with Pitch,
Use smear when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Smear means (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing..
Common synonyms include apply, daub, plaster, spread.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.
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