smudge

IPA(Pronunciation)

/smʌd͡ʒ/

Verb

intransitive transitive

To obscure by blurring; to smear. / To soil or smear with dirt. / To use dense smoke to protect from insects. / To stifle or smother with smoke.

Japanese Meaning

ぼかして見えにくくする、にじませる。 / 汚して泥などを塗る、汚染する。 / 防虫目的で濃い煙を使用する。 / 煙で窒息させる、押さえ込む。

What is this buttons?

Be careful not to smudge the ink while it's drying on the page.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ページのインクが乾いている間にこすってにじませないように気をつけてください。

Details

Sense（1）

To obscure by blurring; to smear.

Sense（2）

To soil or smear with dirt.

Sense（3）

To use dense smoke to protect from insects.

Sense（4）

To stifle or smother with smoke.

Sense（5）

(paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).

Sense（6）

(paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).

This is easily done using incense to smudge yourself or taking a cleansing bath. To smudge your body use an incense mixture such as sandalwood, lavender, frankincense or myrrh.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

smudges

（ present singular third-person ）

smudging

（ participle present ）

smudged

（ participle past ）

smudged

（ past ）

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