To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
To become messy or not clear by being spread.
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
To make something dirty.
To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
(of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
A mark made by smearing.
A rough glissando in jazz music.
A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.