| NOUN | event | smudge | a smoky fire to drive away insects |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur | a blemish made by dirt | |
| VERB | contact | smudge, smear, blur, smutch | make a smudge on |
| Sounds | smah'jh | |
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| Rhymes | acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh... | |
| Meaning | A smoky fire to drive away insects. | |
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| Broader | fire | The event of something burning (often destructive) |
| Meaning | A blemish made by dirt. | |
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| Example | "he had a smudge on his cheek" | |
| Synonyms | spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur | |
| Narrower | blotch, splodge, splotch | An irregularly shaped spot |
| fingermark, fingerprint | A smudge made by a (dirty) finger | |
| inkblot | A blot made with ink | |
| Broader | blemish, defect, mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
| Spanish | baldón, churrete, mancha, manchón, manchurrón, tizne, tiznón, zurrapa | |
| Catalan | taca | |
| Adjectives | smudgy | smeared with something that soils or stains |
| Verbs | smudge | make a smudge on |
| Meaning | make a smudge on; soil by smudging. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The children smudge the paper with grease; The children smudge grease onto the paper | |
| Synonyms | smear, blur, smutch | |
| Narrower | dust | rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape |
| resmudge | smudge again | |
| Broader | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Spanish | embadurnar, embarrar, empañar, ensuciar, manchar, oscurecer, tiznar | |
| Catalan | enfosquir, ensutjar, entelar, tacar | |
| Nouns | smudge | a blemish made by dirt |
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