Meanings
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adj
smeared or covered over with a greasy, dirty, or sticky substance; archaic and literary
By closing time, the butcher's apron was asmear with grease.
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Etymology
Formed from the predicative prefix a-, meaning 'in a state of,' + smear. Its structure resembles adjectives such as ablaze and awash: something asmear is in a smeared state.