WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!

Google
 

smuts

 
Noun smut has 4 senses
  1. carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut - a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
    --1 is a kind of soldier; statesman, solon, national leader; carbon, C, atomic number 6; soldier; statesman, solon, national leader; carbon, C, atomic number 6
    Derived form: verb smut2
  2. smut - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
    --2 is a kind of
    plant disease; plant disease
    --2 has particulars:
     loose smut; bunt, stinking smut; flag smut; green smut, false smut
    Derived forms: verb smut4, verb smut3
  3. smut, smut fungus - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
    --3 is a kind of fungus; fungus
    --3 is a member of Ustilaginales, order Ustilaginales
    --3 has particulars:
     covered smut; loose smut; cornsmut, corn smut; Sphacelotheca, genus Sphacelotheca; head smut, Sphacelotheca reiliana; bunt, Tilletia caries; bunt, stinking smut, Tilletia foetida; onion smut, Urocystis cepulae; flag smut fungus
    Derived forms: verb smut4, verb smut3
  4. pornography, porno, porn, erotica, smut - creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
    --4 is a kind of creation, creative activity; creation, creative activity
    --4 has particulars: child pornography, kiddie porn, kiddy porn
    Derived form: verb smut1
Verb smut has 4 senses
  1. smut - make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act"
    --1 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun smut4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. smut - stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
    --2 is one way to
    stain
    Derived form: noun smut1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. smut - become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten"
    --3 is one way to
    mold, mildew
    Derived forms: noun smut3, noun smut2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. smut - affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
    --4 is one way to
    infect, taint
    Derived forms: noun smut3, noun smut2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
smurk smut smut smut fungus smut grass smutch smutching smuther smuts smuttily smuttiness smutty smuy smyrna smyrnium smyrnium olusatrum sn

Sponsored (shop thru our affiliate link to help maintain this site):

WordNet-Online
Home | Free dictionary software | Copyright notice | Contact us | WordNet dictionary | Automotive thesaurus