asmear

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US/əˈsmɪɹ/UK/əˈsmɪə/

adjective

Smeared over.

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Meanings

adjectiveasmear (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSmeared over.

    A woman asmear with blood stood up, fell softly down, stood slowly up again, wavering like a little flag.

    1995, William Gass, The Tunnel, New York: Knopf, page 232
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    So, I came into Smithfield; and the shameful place, being all asmear with filth and fat and blood and foam, seemed to stick to me.

    1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter I, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 6

    The young Isaac, my grandchild, played in the center of the floor, his face asmear, clothing torn and foul.

    1980, Al Hine, Brother Owl, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Part 5, pp. 283-284

Origin

From a- + smear.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with asmear

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Anagrams

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APA

asmear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asmear

MLA

“asmear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asmear. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asmear,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asmear.

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