A rough glissando in jazz music.
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 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.
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.
The relative duration of a musical note.
The degree of importance given to something.
The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
Precise meaning; import.
To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
To hold dear.