besmear

be·smear

B0208900 (bĭ-smîr′)tr.v. be·smeared, be·smear·ing, be·smears To smear.

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[Middle English bismeorwen, to make filthy, from Old English besmirwan, to besmear : be-, be- + smierwan, to smear.]

besmear

(bɪˈsmɪə) vb (tr) 1. to smear over; daub2. to sully; defile (often in the phrase besmear (a person's) reputation)

be•smear

(bɪˈsmɪər)

v.t. to smear. [before 1050] be•smear′er, n.

besmear

Past participle: besmeared
Gerund: besmearing

Imperative
besmear
besmear

Present
I besmear
you besmear
he/she/it besmears
we besmear
you besmear
they besmear

Preterite
I besmeared
you besmeared
he/she/it besmeared
we besmeared
you besmeared
they besmeared

Present Continuous
I am besmearing
you are besmearing
he/she/it is besmearing
we are besmearing
you are besmearing
they are besmearing

Present Perfect
I have besmeared
you have besmeared
he/she/it has besmeared
we have besmeared
you have besmeared
they have besmeared

Past Continuous
I was besmearing
you were besmearing
he/she/it was besmearing
we were besmearing
you were besmearing
they were besmearing

Past Perfect
I had besmeared
you had besmeared
he/she/it had besmeared
we had besmeared
you had besmeared
they had besmeared

Future
I will besmear
you will besmear
he/she/it will besmear
we will besmear
you will besmear
they will besmear

Future Perfect
I will have besmeared
you will have besmeared
he/she/it will have besmeared
we will have besmeared
you will have besmeared
they will have besmeared

Future Continuous
I will be besmearing
you will be besmearing
he/she/it will be besmearing
we will be besmearing
you will be besmearing
they will be besmearing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been besmearing
you have been besmearing
he/she/it has been besmearing
we have been besmearing
you have been besmearing
they have been besmearing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been besmearing
you will have been besmearing
he/she/it will have been besmearing
we will have been besmearing
you will have been besmearing
they will have been besmearing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been besmearing
you had been besmearing
he/she/it had been besmearing
we had been besmearing
you had been besmearing
they had been besmearing

Conditional
I would besmear
you would besmear
he/she/it would besmear
we would besmear
you would besmear
they would besmear

Past Conditional
I would have besmeared
you would have besmeared
he/she/it would have besmeared
we would have besmeared
you would have besmeared
they would have besmeared

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

besmear - spread or daub (a surface) bedaubcover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

besmear

verb1. To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance:bedaub, dab, daub, plaster, smear, smirch, smudge.2. To contaminate the reputation of:befoul, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish.Idioms: give a black eye to, sling mud on.

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