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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a smoky fire to drive away insects;

2. a blemish made by dirt;
- Example: "he had a smudge on his cheek"
[syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]


VERB (1)

1. make a smudge on; soil by smudging;
[syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smudge \Smudge\, n. [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.] 1. A suffocating smoke. --Grose. [1913 Webster] 2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smudge \Smudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging.] 1. To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge. [1913 Webster] 2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smudge n 1: a smoky fire to drive away insects 2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] v 1: make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch]