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noun
1.
a dirty mark or smear.
2.
a smeary state.
3.
a stifling smoke.
4.
a smoky fire, especially one made for driving away mosquitoes or safeguarding fruit trees from frost.
verb (used with object)
5.
to mark with dirty streaks or smears.
6.
to fill with smudge, as to drive away insects or protect fruit trees from frost.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to form a smudge on something.
8.
to become smudged: White shoes smudge easily.
9.
to smolder or smoke; emit smoke, as a smudge pot.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English smogen (v.) < ?
1400–50; late Middle English smogen (v.) < ?
Related forms
smudg·ed·ly, adverb
smudge·less, adjective
un·smudged, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Consider the response of a little girl who has a smudge of rouge on her cheek and sees her reflection in the mirror.
- The big smudge in the middle is a powerful storm swirling on the planet.
- The smudge is actually a sagittal slice of mouse brain.
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Word Origin & History
smudge
c.1430, smogen "to soil, stain, blacken," of obscure origin. The noun is first attested 1768, from the verb.
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