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besmeared

verb

past tense of besmear
as in smeared
to rub an oily or sticky substance over besmeared the napkin with jelly

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  1. smeared
  2. painted
  3. coated
Verb
  • One prank involved Quan, Capshaw, and Harrison Ford surprising Spielberg with ice cream smeared all over their faces for one take.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The bombshell discovery in the little red dot spectra was that the colors of hydrogen were smeared out across multiple shades.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of smeared
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  • Juxtaposing the white base fabric were bursts of gold that almost appeared to be painted onto the frock’s silky satin fabric.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The 400-year span starts with the Lenape footpath and works its way up to today, when one of the last Bowery artists, Billy Sullivan, has painted the denizens as part of a massive installation of portraits.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of painted
Verb
  • Ultrathin layer forms stronger protection The team also coated the structured copper foil with an MXene layer roughly 10 nanometers thick.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Jewelry sat on and among a sink, chair, cabinet, artist easel, and smaller domestic objects coated in the blue carving wax Vernon uses in the workshop.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of coated
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“Besmeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/besmeared. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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