I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
smudge your make-up (= accidentally rub it so that it spreads to areas where you do not want it )
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Grace wiped her eyes, smudging her make-up.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ella had a smudge of green paint on her cheek.
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There was a lipstick smudge on the rim of my cup.
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You can't hand your homework in with those smudges all over it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It can invert, flip, rotate, scale, stretch, smudge and anything else you might want it to do.
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Nothing on it, just a few smudges.
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Over on the horizon there was a dark-blue smudge of land to be seen only in first clear light.
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Purple lines floated on the surfaces of his eyes, coming briefly into focus, then retreating into vague smudges.
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Sometimes a finger pressed over semi-wet paint will create a controlled smudge for distant branches.
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Suddenly a flock of all-dark shearwaters appeared, only the underwing showing a pale smudge .
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This rumor contains smudges of truth.
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Typically the fisherman is a lone black smudge hunched on his bait-box for hours at a time.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Carlos had a smudged repair manual propped open on the car's windshield.
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Renille wiped at her eyes, smudging her makeup.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The smoke of smelters and charcoal kilns smudged a sky that all down the pass had been a dark, serene blue.
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Water-resistant Won't smudge or run when touched and can be cleaned off with ordinary remover.
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Which type to choose Waterproof Shouldn't smudge or run in water, but many do.