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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024smut /smʌt/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] sooty matter.
- [countable] a black or dirty mark;
smudge. - [uncountable] indecent language or writing;
obscenity. - [uncountable]
- Plant Diseasesa disease of plants caused by fungi.
- Plant Diseasesa fungus causing this disease.
smut•ti•ness, n. [uncountable] smut•ty, adj., -ti•er, -ti•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024smut (smut),USA pronunciation n., v., smut•ted, smut•ting. n. - a particle of soot;
sooty matter. - a black or dirty mark;
smudge. - indecent language or publications;
obscenity. - [Plant Pathol.]
- Plant Diseasesa disease of plants, esp. cereal grasses, characterized by the conversion of affected parts into black, powdery masses of spores, caused by fungi of the order Ustilaginales.
- Plant Diseasesa fungus causing this disease.
v.t. - to soil or smudge.
v.i. - Plant Diseasesto become affected with smut, as a plant.
- akin to earlier smit (Old English smitte), by association with smudge, smutch 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: smut /smʌt/ n - a small dark smudge or stain, esp one caused by soot
- a speck of soot or dirt
- something obscene or indecent
- any of various fungal diseases of flowering plants, esp cereals, in which black sooty masses of spores cover the affected parts
- any parasitic basidiomycetous fungus of the order Ustilaginales that causes such a disease
vb (smuts, smutting, smutted)- to mark or become marked or smudged, as with soot
- to affect (grain) or (of grain) to be affected with smut
Etymology: Old English smitte; related to Middle High German smitze; associated with smudge, smutchˈsmutty adj ˈsmuttily adv ˈsmuttiness n |