smut - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'smut' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Smut

[ v. i.]

- To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
- To give off smut; to crock.

2 . Smut

[ v. t.]

- Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
- Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.
- Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
- To taint with mildew, as grain.
- To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
- To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.

Meaning of 'smut' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . smut

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- become affected with smut

Example in sentence:

the corn smutted and could not be eaten

Meaning (2):
- make obscene

Example in sentence:

This line in the play smuts the entire act

Nearby Words:

smudge smudged smudginess smudging smug smugged smugging smuggle smuggled smuggler

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