English Explanatory Dictionary

smudge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
  2. Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
  3. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
  4. A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
verb
  1. To obscure by blurring; to smear.
  2. To soil or smear with dirt.
  3. To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
  4. To stifle or smother with smoke.
  5. To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
  6. To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
name
  1. A nickname of someone with the surname Smith.

Pronunciation

/smʌd͡ʒ/ en-us-smudge.ogg en-au-smudge.ogg

Word forms

smudge smudges smudging smudged

Etymology

Derived from the verb (see below). Doublet of smutch.

Synonyms

blur smutch stain smear befoul soil assoil beclart bedaub bedirty imbrue (especially with blood) bedizen befile befilth begrime beray beshit besmear besmirch besully bewray blacken blot clat contaminate darken defile dirten dirty elt file foil foul gunk gunk up inquinate scunge sling mud slotter slur smirch smudge smut soss sowl spot sullow sully tarnish uggle fumigate

Related words

smudgily smudginess smudgy

Derived words

antismudge besmudge onion smudge smudge attack smudge cell smudge pot smudgeproof resmudge smudgeable smudger
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