to smudge
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3.7
- verb
- /smʌdʒ/
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- Be careful not to smudge the ink on the paper while it's still wet.
I'm just going to smudge out those edges.
- I'm just going to smudge out those edges.
- No smearing, no smudging, no weird pattern on my screen.
- But this is great as blending or smudging your eyeshadow.
Examples
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Then take your blending pencil brush and smudge in that black.
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And I'm just going to smudge it into my lash line.
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And then with a little brush, it's going to smudge that out.
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So I'm just going to smudge a little bit of the black on.
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I'm just going to smudge out those edges.
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And she just again smudges this all over the black.
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I got one print of that, don't smudge it.
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Excuse me, it's a bit smudged here.
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All we're doing is just smudging the harsh line that you can see.
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Don't smudge the drawing.
Synonyms
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3.7
To spread a substance over a surface in a messy way
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3.6
To make something hard to see or understand
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5.3
To mark something with irregular spots of a different color
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6.7
To put uneven marks of color or liquid on a surface
To make a dirty mark or smudge on something
To stain something with black dirt or soot
To spread paint on a surface in a messy, uneven way
To mark with spots or stains
Antonyms
How Smudged
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb smudge comes from the same idea of 'smear' or 'blacken', so a helpful way to remember it is to imagine pushing wet ink with your finger and making it spread. That's why to smudge something is to make a dirty or blurred mark by rubbing or touching it.