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- Dictionarysmudge/smʌdʒ/
verb
- 1. cause (something) to become messily smeared by rubbing it: "she dabbed her eyes, careful not to smudge her make-up" Similar
noun
- 1. a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something: "a smudge of blood on the floor"
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a mark with no particular shape that is caused, usually by accident, by rubbing something such as ink or a dirty finger across a surface: Her hands were covered in dust and she had a black smudge on her nose. figurative She said we were nearly there, but the island was still no more than a distant smudge on the horizon. Synonyms.
The meaning of SMUDGE is to make a smudge on. How to use smudge in a sentence. to make a smudge on; to soil as if by smudging; to rub, daub, or wipe in a smeary manner…
noun. 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.
smudge. (smʌdʒ) vb. 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.
SMUDGE definition: 1. a dirty mark: 2. If ink, paint, etc smudges, or if it is smudged, it becomes dirty or not clear…. Learn more.
verb. 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. to wave smoke over oneself in a cleansing ritual practised by some indigenous peoples. noun. 4. a smear or dirty mark.
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. SKIP TO CONTENT
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. Agriculture to fill with smudge, as to drive away insects or protect fruit trees from frost. v.i. to form a smudge on something.
[transitive, intransitive] smudge (something) to touch or rub something, especially wet ink or paint, so that it is no longer clear; to become not clear in this way He had smudged his signature with his sleeve.
Definition of smudge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
