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to smuts

to smuts

7.0
To make something dirty with black dust
  • verb
  • /smʌts/
translation icon : manchar
  • The old chimney smuts the white walls every winter, leaving dark marks behind.

Examples

  • The chimney smuts the walls with soot.

  • The factory's smoke smuts the nearby buildings, making them look neglected.

  • If you touch the lamp, the dust easily smuts your fingers.

  • Don't smut your clothes while cooking!

  • The old chimney smuts the white walls every winter, leaving dark marks behind.

  • The factory's smoke smuts the nearby buildings, making them look neglected.

  • If you touch the lamp, the dust easily smuts your fingers.

Synonyms

to smear
vsto smuts
63 3.7

To spread a substance over a surface in a messy way

refers to staining rather than merely spreading marks
to soot
vsto smuts
1 6.7

To make something black with powder left by smoke

is used more generally for stains by different dirty substances
to smut
vsto smuts
  • Archaic
7.9

To stain something with black dirt or soot

emphasizes staining with black powdery residue rather than general soiling
to muck up
vsto smuts
  • Informal
6.7

To make something dirty with mud or dirt

focuses on staining with fine black powder rather than muddy dirt

Antonyms

to clean
∞ 1.0

To remove dirt and stains

to purify
30 4.6

To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean

How Dirty

to smear
63 3.7
to smuts
7.0
to smudge
30 3.7
to spot
46 2.2

Surface Forms

smut infinitive
smutted past
smutted past participle
smutting present participle
smuts third person singular

Morphology

smuts = smut (transparent) = smut + s

The verb sense is directly related to the noun 'smut' (to make smut), and the form here is the present‑tense third‑person suffix '-s', so the action meaning is predictable.

Etymology

Smuts as a verb comes from the same old word smut meaning 'soot' or 'black dirt', and it means 'to make something dirty with soot or dust'. So when smoke or dust darkens a wall, it 'smuts' the wall.