smudge
verb/smʌdʒ/
/smʌdʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they smudge | /smʌdʒ/ /smʌdʒ/ |
| he / she / it smudges | /ˈsmʌdʒɪz/ /ˈsmʌdʒɪz/ |
| past simple smudged | /smʌdʒd/ /smʌdʒd/ |
| past participle smudged | /smʌdʒd/ /smʌdʒd/ |
| -ing form smudging | /ˈsmʌdʒɪŋ/ /ˈsmʌdʒɪŋ/ |
- [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.
- Tears had smudged her mascara.
- Her lipstick had smudged.
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- [transitive] smudge something to make a dirty mark on a surface synonym smear
- The mirror was smudged with fingerprints.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘soil, stain’): of unknown origin. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.
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