smudge

(Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
2. (countable, uncountable) Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
4. (countable, especially, uncountable) A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.

Verb

1. To obscure by blurring; to smear.
2. To soil or smear with dirt.
3. To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
4. To stifle or smother with smoke.
5. (intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
6. (transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/smʌd͡ʒ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: *smogen

Verwandt mit Mittelenglisch: besmudded

Verwandt mit Mittelenglisch: smod

Verwandt mit Mittelniederländisch: smoddich

In summary

Derived from the verb (see below). Doublet of smutch.

Konzepte

Schmutzfleck

Fleck

beschmutzen

verwischen

beschmieren

verschmieren

verstreichen

Synonyme

smear

stain

spot

blot

soil

blemish

smirch

smut

daub

slur

blur

smutch

speckle

mark

blotch

splotch

besmirch

moil

impurity

discoloration

speck

smoke

make dirty

macula

mar

patch

plaster

pop-up

raze

slack

smoulder

smudginess

soak

soot

spottiness

stains

steam

stigma

streak

sully

taint

tarnish

touch

turn

vapor

tache

measles

punctum

sooty mould

absorb

Übersetzungen

tache

mancha

macchia

insudiciare

salir

maculer

oscurecer

vlek

embadurnar

bavure

μουτζούρα

smet

plama

λεκές

tiznar