smudge
Use Smudge in a sentence
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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smudge (smʌdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to smear, blur, or soil or cause to do so |
| 2. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) (tr) to fill (an area) with smoke in order to drive insects away or guard against frost |
| —n | |
| 3. | a smear or dirty mark |
| 4. | a blurred form or area: that smudge in the distance is a quarry |
| 5. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) a smoky fire for driving insects away or protecting fruit trees or plants from frost |
| [C15: of uncertain origin] | |
| 'smudgeless | |
| —adj | |
| 'smudgily | |
| —adv | |
| 'smudgedly | |
| —adv | |
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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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Example sentences
Poker, is in fact a game of skill with a smudge of chance.
It was burned in smudge pots, producing a thick smoke which made a potent mosquito repellent.
The stars are contained in thousands of galaxies, each so far away that their might and power is reduced to a smudge.
She blows on the damp spot until it is completely dry, so the pen will not leave a telltale smudge.
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