Smudge - English meaning

verb

Smear or daub with a sticky substance.

Usage examples:

A dozen maidens, all bedaubed with paint

verb

To cover something very roughly with something sticky or dirty

Usage examples:

The child's face was bedaubed with chocolate.

verb

Damage (someone's reputation).

Usage examples:

He had besmirched the good name of his family

verb

Make or become black or dark, especially as a result of burning, decay, or bruising.

Usage examples:

Stone blackened by the soot of ages

verb

To make something black

Usage examples:

For miles around, trees were blackened by the fire.

noun

A drop of a thick liquid or viscous substance.

Usage examples:

Blobs of paint

verb

Put small drops of thick liquid or spots of colour on.

Usage examples:

Her nose was blobbed with paint

noun

A collection of data in binary form, typically a multimedia item, stored as a single entity in a database management system.

noun

A dark mark or stain made by ink, paint, dirt, etc.

Usage examples:

A blot of ink

verb

Dry (a wet surface or substance) using an absorbent material.

Usage examples:

Henry blotted the page

verb

To spoil a letter, drawing, etc. with scattered drops of ink

Usage examples:

I’ve spilled some coffee – can you bring me some paper towels to blot it up?, ink blots covered the…

noun

A large irregular patch or unsightly mark on the skin or another surface.

Usage examples:

Red blotches on her face

verb

Cover with blotches.

Usage examples:

Her face was blotched and swollen with crying

noun

An unwanted mark on a surface that is different from the surrounding area

Usage examples:

There were red blotches on her face and neck.

verb

Make or become unclear or less distinct.

Usage examples:

Tears blurred her vision

noun

A thing that cannot be seen or heard clearly.

Usage examples:

The pale blur of her face

adjective

(of a person) stupid, clumsy, or confused.

Usage examples:

It was kinda funny seeing how blur someone can be when having to do a task they have no clue about

verb

Press against (something) lightly several times with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it or to apply a substance.

Usage examples:

He dabbed his mouth with his napkin

noun

A small amount of something.

Usage examples:

She licked a dab of chocolate from her finger

noun

A small, commercially important flatfish found chiefly in the north atlantic.

Usage examples:

Even though this rig is especially good for gurnards, it also proves superbly successful for dabs, …

verb

Carelessly coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

The walls were daubed with splashes of paint

noun

A patch or smear of a thick or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

A daub of paint

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

noun

A small round mark or spot.

Usage examples:

A symbol depicted in coloured dots

verb

Mark with a small spot or spots.

Usage examples:

Wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt

noun

A dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband.

noun

A mark left on a surface by a dirty or greasy finger.

Usage examples:

This cleaner takes fingermarks and smudges off painted woodwork

noun

A mark left by dirt or oil from someone's finger on a clean surface

Usage examples:

He'd left sticky fingermarks all over the glass.

noun

A very small patch of colour or light.

Usage examples:

His blue eyes had grey flecks in them

verb

Mark or dot with small patches of colour or particles of something.

Usage examples:

The minarets are flecked with gold leaf

noun

A small mark, esp. of a different color

Usage examples:

I got a few flecks of paint on the window when i was painting the frames., her hair is flecked with…

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Usage examples:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Usage examples:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

adjective

Covered in or full of mud.

Usage examples:

They changed their muddy boots

verb

Cover or fill (something) with mud.

Usage examples:

The linoleum flooring was muddied

adjective

Covered by or containing mud (= wet, sticky earth)

Usage examples:

Don't bring those muddy boots inside!, muddy water, the room has been painted in muddy browns and g…

noun

A piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point.

Usage examples:

The jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows

verb

Mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch.

Usage examples:

Her jeans were neatly patched

noun

A small part of a surface that is different in some way from the area around it

Usage examples:

Watch for patches of ice on the road., we have a small vegetable patch (= area for growing vegetabl…

verb

Make a light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

Corks popped and glasses tinkled

noun

A light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

There were a few pops, perhaps from pistols

adverb

With a light explosive sound.

Usage examples:

The champagne went pop

verb

Coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

His face was smeared with dirt

noun

A mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

There was an oil smear on his jacket

verb

Smudge or soil by smudging

verb

Make (something) dirty; soil.

Usage examples:

The window was smirched by heat and smoke

noun

A dirty mark or stain.

Usage examples:

Standing before a small mirror on the inside of his door, marker dipped his comb into a jar of oran…

noun

A small flake of soot or other dirt or a mark left by one.

Usage examples:

All those black smuts from the engine

noun

The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.

Usage examples:

Blueberries need very acid soil

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

He might soil his expensive suit

noun

Waste matter, especially sewage containing excrement.

Usage examples:

Hazardous waste includes contaminated soil, paint, solvent residues, asbestos and highly acidic and…

noun

A tiny spot.

Usage examples:

The figure in the distance had become a mere speck

verb

Mark with small spots.

Usage examples:

Their skin was specked with goose pimples

noun

A smoked ham of a type produced in north-eastern italy.

Usage examples:

Add the radicchio, thyme, speck, prosciutto, and chicken stock and cook for another eight to ten mi…

noun

A large blob or smear of something; a splotch.

Usage examples:

A splodge of strawberry jam

verb

Mark with a large blob or smear of something.

Usage examples:

Her coat was splodged with paint

noun

A mark or spot that does not have a regular shape

Usage examples:

He put his hand on the bed, and left a splodge of blood on the bedspread.

noun

A blob or smear of something, typically a liquid.

Usage examples:

A splotch of red in a larger area of yellow

verb

Mark with a blot or smear of something.

Usage examples:

The white tablecloth was splotched with red wine

noun

A mark or spot with an irregular shape

Usage examples:

The rash showed as red splotches on her face.

noun

A small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it.

Usage examples:

Ladybirds have black spots on their red wing covers

verb

Short for spotlight.

verb

A point located with respect to surface features of some region

verb

Mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed.

Usage examples:

Her clothing was stained with blood

noun

A coloured patch or dirty mark that is difficult to remove.

Usage examples:

There were mud stains on my shoes

verb

To leave a mark on something that is difficult to remove, or to become colored or spoiled by a mark

Usage examples:

[ t ] strawberry juice stained my shirt., [ i ] this carpet is practical because it doesn’t stain e…

noun

A long, thin line or mark of a different substance or colour from its surroundings.

Usage examples:

A streak of oil

verb

Cover (a surface) with streaks.

Usage examples:

Tears streaking her face, cynthia looked up

noun

A mark of a color that is different from what surrounds it, or a thin strip of light

Usage examples:

Streaks of gray and black colored the marble., the comet appeared as a dazzling streak in the sky.,…

noun

A long, narrow band or strip differing in colour or texture from the surface on either side of it.

Usage examples:

A pair of blue shorts with pink stripes

verb

Mark with stripes.

Usage examples:

Her body was striped with bands of sunlight