English-Thai Dictionary

smudge

N รอยเปื้อน  จุด ด่าง  รอย เปรอะ  stain smear roi-puan

 

smudge pot

N หม้อ รมควัน  mor-rom-kwan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SMUDGE

Smudge, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke. ]

 

1. A suffocating smoke. Grose.

 

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.

 

3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.

 

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.

 

2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

smudge

smudge 1 |sməj sməʤ | ▶noun a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something: a smudge of blood on the floor. • an indistinct or blurred view or image: the low smudge of hills on the horizon. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (something ) to become messily smeared by rubbing it: she dabbed her eyes, careful not to smudge her makeup. • [ no obj. ] become smeared when rubbed: mascaras that smudge or flake around the eyes. • make blurred or indistinct: the photograph had been smudged by the photocopier and was by no means as clear as the original. DERIVATIVES smudge less adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘soil, stain ’): of unknown origin. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.

 

smudge

smudge 2 |sməʤ sməj | ▶noun a smoky outdoor fire that is lit to keep off insects or protect plants against frost. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘suffocating smoke ’): of unknown origin; related to obsolete smudge ‘cure herring by smoking, ’ of obscure origin.

 

smudge pot

smudge pot ▶noun a container for a smudge (see smudge 2 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

smudge

smudge 1 |smʌdʒ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (something ) to become messily smeared by rubbing it: she dabbed her eyes, careful not to smudge her make-up. • [ no obj. ] become smeared when rubbed: mascaras that smudge or flake around the eyes. • make blurred or indistinct: the photograph had been smudged by the photocopier and was by no means as clear as the original. ▶noun a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something: a smudge of blood on the floor. • an indistinct or blurred view or image: the low smudge of hills on the horizon. DERIVATIVES smudgeless adjective, smudgily adverb, smudginess noun, smudgy adjective ( smudgier, smudgiest ) ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘soil, stain ’): of unknown origin. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.

 

smudge

smudge 2 |smʌdʒ | ▶noun N. Amer. a smoky outdoor fire that is lit to keep off insects or protect plants against frost. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘suffocating smoke ’): related to obsolete smudge ‘cure herring by smoking ’, of obscure origin.

 

smudge pot

smudge pot ▶noun N. Amer. a container for a smudge (see smudge 2 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

smudge

smudge noun a smudge of ink: streak, smear, mark, stain, blotch, stripe, blob, dab; informal splotch. ▶verb 1 her face was smudged with dust: streak, mark, dirty, soil, blotch, blacken, smear, blot, daub, stain; informal splotch; literary bedaub, besmirch. 2 she smudged her makeup: smear, streak, mess up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

smudge

smudge noun there was a thick smudge of blood on his car: streak, smear, mark, dirty mark, spot, fleck, speck, stain, blotch, stripe, dot, blot, blob, dab, blur, smut, fingermark; informal splotch, splodge; literary smirch. ▶verb 1 her face and arms were smudged with dust: streak, mark, dirty, spot, soil, muddy, fleck, speck, blotch, blacken, smear, stripe, dot, blot, blob, daub, bedaub, stain; informal splotch, splodge; literary besmirch. 2 she dabbed her eyes, careful not to smudge her make-up: smear, streak, blur, mess up.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

smudge

smudge /smʌdʒ /名詞 C 1 染み, 汚れ, 汚点 .2 ｟米 ｠(除虫 霜よけにたく )いぶし煙 .動詞 他動詞 1 …を汚す ; …に染みを付ける .2 ｟米 ｠(除虫 霜よけのために )〈果樹園など 〉を煙でいぶす .自動詞 汚れる ; 〈インクが 〉にじむ .