Noun smudge has 2 senses
  1. smudge - a smoky fire to drive away insects
    --1 is a kind of
    fire
  2. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
    --2 is a kind of blemish, defect, mar
    --2 has particulars:
     blotch, splodge, splotch; fingermark, fingerprint; inkblot
    Derived form: verb smudge1
,Verb smudge has 1 sense
  1. smear, blur, smudge, smutch - make a smudge on; soil by smudging
    --1 is one way to rub
    Derived form: noun smudge2
    Sample sentences:
    The children smudge the paper with grease
    The children smudge grease onto the paper
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