besmearing

verb

present participle of besmear
as in smearing
to rub an oily or sticky substance over besmeared the napkin with jelly

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  1. smearing
  2. painting
  3. coating
Verb
  • At the entrance of Kollparay, Quispe pauses, taking my hands and smearing them with soil—the soil of her village.
    — Paola Miglio, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
  • This will lead to smearing dust particles around instead of picking them up, which is where a wet cloth comes into play.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
Definition of smearing
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  • This provides a ton of flexibility for progression, and feels extremely rewarding for painting units together – and directly ties into that narrative sense of camaraderie that builds as well.
    — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • As Felix Maldonado began work Saturday on a giant mural on the Smith Ready Mix building on Brown Street, several Duneland Plein Air artists were painting pictures of him.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of painting
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  • In May 2025, a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down the mountainside in the nearby Loetschental valley, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of Blatten, which had been evacuated earlier as a precaution.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For use directly on the body, the team added a polydopamine coating to improve skin compatibility.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of coating
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