SMUDGE


Meaning of SMUDGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ smʌdʒ ]

( smudges, smudging, smudged)

1.

A smudge is a dirty mark.

There was a dark smudge on his forehead.

...smudges of blood.

N-COUNT

2.

If you smudge a substance such as ink, paint, or make-up that has been put on a surface, you make it less neat by touching or rubbing it.

Smudge the outline using a cotton-wool bud...

Her lipstick was smudged.

VERB : V n , V-ed

3.

If you smudge a surface, you make it dirty by touching it and leaving a substance on it.

She kissed me, careful not to smudge me with her fresh lipstick...

VERB : V n

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