to soot
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6.7
- verb
- /sʊt/
:
tiznar
- Grease on the walls, soot in the chimney...
Examples
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Chicago's familiar pall of coal smoke stained the sky, just as Chicago soot stained skin and clothing.
Fiction book (1993) -
I ran my fingers along the wood next to me and looked at them, and the tips were black; the smoke had sooted up everything.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sometimes he soots the area under his eyes.
Fiction book (1995) -
It just soots up so badly that I quit even trying.
Blog text (2) -
Soot him, you…
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"Whatever is the matter with you, boy?" she demanded in exasperation when he tipped black rock short of the bin and sooted up the hearth.
Fiction book (2002) -
McLemore carried beams of steel around the warehouse, then wiped carbon soot off his hands onto his gray T-shirt and blue jeans, staining them black.
Blog text (10) -
And me, that too, standing politely outside the dime store on Fifty-third Street on an August day, that Chicago stockyards soot hanging in the wet air, me dressed in a tasteful skirt and blouse, staying calm, keeping my eyes carefully focused over the customers' shoulders while they read my sign, while they walk away or shake my hand or spit at my feet.
Fiction book (1990) -
The fireplace had been used frequently, so the soot from the wood smoke had sooted up the walls.
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After cooking dinner, she noticed that the kitchen hood was sooted, requiring a thorough cleaning.
Synonyms
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3.2
To put color on something to change how it looks
To make something dirty with black dust
To make something black with soot from burning
To stain something with black dirt or soot
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dark
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb soot comes from the same old English root sōt, which meant 'black dust', so to soot something is to cover or stain it with that black deposit.