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smudge

[ smuhj ]

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noun

a dirty mark or smear.
a smeary state.
a stifling smoke.
a smoky fire, especially one made for driving away mosquitoes or safeguarding fruit trees from frost.

smudged, smudging.

to mark with dirty streaks or smears.
to fill with smudge, as to drive away insects or protect fruit trees from frost.

smudged, smudging.

smudge

/ ��ʌ�� /

to smear, blur, or soil or cause to do so
tr to fill (an area) with smoke in order to drive insects away or guard against frost

a smear or dirty mark
a blurred form or area
that smudge in the distance is a quarry
a smoky fire for driving insects away or protecting fruit trees or plants from frost

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Origin of smudge¹

1400–50; late Middle English smogen (v.) < ?

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Origin of smudge¹

C15: of uncertain origin

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There are brushstrokes and smudges, as if the world were realized in pastels.

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