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- DictionarySmudge/sməj/
verb
- 1. cause (something) to become messily smeared by rubbing it: "she dabbed her eyes, careful not to smudge her makeup"
noun
- 1. a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something: "a smudge of blood on the floor"
1. a. : to make a smudge on. b. : to soil as if by smudging. 2. a. : to rub, daub, or wipe in a smeary manner. b. : to make indistinct : blur. smudged the writing. 3. : to smoke or protect by means of a smudge. intransitive verb. 1. : to make a smudge. 2. : to become smudged.
SMUDGE definition: 1. a mark with no particular shape that is caused, usually by accident, by rubbing something such…. Learn more.
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.
When you smudge something, you smear or blur it in a messy way. If you smudge your sister's drawing after she worked so hard on it, she'll be furious. You might smudge dirt across your face when you wipe your nose after digging in the garden—and the dirty mark itself can also be called a smudge.
1. to smear, blur, or soil or cause to do so. 2. ( tr) chiefly US and Canadian to fill (an area) with smoke in order to drive insects away or guard against frost. n. 3. a smear or dirty mark.
4 days ago · 1. to smear, blur, or soil or cause to do so. 2. (transitive) mainly US and Canadian. to fill (an area) with smoke in order to drive insects away or guard against frost. 3. mainly Canadian.
1. A smudge is a dirty mark. [...] 2. If you smudge a substance such as ink, paint, or make-up that has been put on a surface, you make it less neat by touching or rubbing it. [...] 3. If you smudge a surface, you make it dirty by touching it and leaving a substance on it. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'smudge'
smudge. verb [ I, T ] uk / smʌdʒ / us. If ink, paint, etc smudges, or if it is smudged, it becomes dirty or not clear because someone has touched it: Be careful you don't smudge the drawing.
To fill (an orchard or an inhabited area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from frost or to repel insects. To become smudged. A stain, blur, or smear; dirty spot. A blurry or indistinct part or image. A smudge on the photocopy.
smudge (smuj), n., v., smudged, smudg•ing. n. a dirty mark or smear. a smeary state. a stifling smoke. Agriculture a smoky fire, esp. one made for driving away mosquitoes or safeguarding fruit trees from frost. v.t. to mark with dirty streaks or smears.
