Smudge
noun
A mark made on a surface that is not clean.
I accidentally left a smudge of ink on the paper.
Often appears as...
- ink smudge
- dirt smudge
verb
To make something dirty or not clear by touching or rubbing it.
I smudged my makeup when I cried.
Often appears as...
- smudge makeup
- smudge ink
noun
A spiritual or magical ceremony in which smoke from burning herbs is used to cleanse or bless people or places.
The shaman performed a smudge to cleanse the house of bad spirits.
verb
To cleanse or bless with smoke from a smudge stick in a spiritual or magical ceremony.
They smudged the room before the meditation session.
noun
A mark made on a surface that is not clean.
I accidentally left a smudge of ink on the paper.
Often appears as...
- ink smudge
- dirt smudge
verb
To make something dirty or not clear by touching or rubbing it.
I smudged my makeup when I cried.
Often appears as...
- smudge makeup
- smudge ink
noun
A spiritual or magical ceremony in which smoke from burning herbs is used to cleanse or bless people or places.
The shaman performed a smudge to cleanse the house of bad spirits.
verb
To cleanse or bless with smoke from a smudge stick in a spiritual or magical ceremony.
They smudged the room before the meditation session.
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Pro Tip 1/2Unintentional Marks
Refers to marks made accidentally, often annoying and unwanted.
Be careful with the pen, you might leave a smudge on the document.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Clarity
A smudge usually suggests a lack of clarity or neatness on a surface.
The window was covered in smudges after the rain.
Pro Tip 1/2Unintentional Marks
Refers to marks made accidentally, often annoying and unwanted.
Be careful with the pen, you might leave a smudge on the document.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Clarity
A smudge usually suggests a lack of clarity or neatness on a surface.
The window was covered in smudges after the rain.
Pro Tip 1/2Unintentional Marks
Refers to marks made accidentally, often annoying and unwanted.
Be careful with the pen, you might leave a smudge on the document.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Clarity
A smudge usually suggests a lack of clarity or neatness on a surface.
The window was covered in smudges after the rain.
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Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
like this has been a very common history for a lot of areas around the globe. For the US, which is our focus, because we're right here smack dab in the middle of the United States, it's really important to understand the history because the US did a really good job of smudging its history a little bit. So if you're going through high school,
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Rory Bremner's one-man...
Not only that, he's left-handed. Have you noticed this? How many people here are left-handed? You see, a lot of the people that I most admire, they're great artists, great designers, great thinkers, they're left-handed. And somebody said to me last night, you know, being left-handed, you have to learn to write without smudging the ink.
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Slow Motion Pigeon...
massive keel quite big for a bird that size I've never seen a pigeon skeleton before it's at that rate I really used to see no it was much smudge here I think I first looked at it I thought that's not quite right is it but then actually when you look at smells look yeah it's right down there yeah really
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Is DNA the future of...
They spliced a 22-character message into a long strand of DNA and surrounded it with specific genetic markers. They then hid the DNA over a period in a type-written letter with only a small smudge to give the location away. They mailed the letter back to themselves.
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The Restorative Power of...
when it came to these tattoos, until I started doing them out in the big, wide world. People still come to me with these really strange pink smudges where their nipple should be. And this is what's left over from micropigmentation. This is the fading tattoo.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl. This mirage of wealth is mirrored in the painting itself. In greater context, the pearl appears round and heavy, but a detailed view shows that it's just a floating smudge of paint.
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How Quantum Biology...
which is not a little ball bouncing off a wall. It's a wave that has a certain probability of being able to permeate through a solid wall, like a phantom leaping through to the other side. You can see a faint smudge of light in the right-hand box.
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How do we study the...
How many stars do you think are behind it? Ten, twenty? Guess again. If you looked at that thumbnail-sized patch of sky with the Hubble Space Telescope, instead of points of light, you'd see smudges. These aren't stars.
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Escape to the Stunning...
Nations people who lived here for hundreds of years as really important to me and they chose to do that with smudging ceremony which gave me the blessing to be here and
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What's in Dry-Erase...
the board here we go okay now moment of truth there we go ah no actually hey wait a second guys that's not bad I mean I definitely left some smudgy smudge on
Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
like this has been a very common history for a lot of areas around the globe. For the US, which is our focus, because we're right here smack dab in the middle of the United States, it's really important to understand the history because the US did a really good job of smudging its history a little bit. So if you're going through high school,
Video examples
Rory Bremner's one-man...
Not only that, he's left-handed. Have you noticed this? How many people here are left-handed? You see, a lot of the people that I most admire, they're great artists, great designers, great thinkers, they're left-handed. And somebody said to me last night, you know, being left-handed, you have to learn to write without smudging the ink.
Video examples
Slow Motion Pigeon...
massive keel quite big for a bird that size I've never seen a pigeon skeleton before it's at that rate I really used to see no it was much smudge here I think I first looked at it I thought that's not quite right is it but then actually when you look at smells look yeah it's right down there yeah really
Video examples
Is DNA the future of...
They spliced a 22-character message into a long strand of DNA and surrounded it with specific genetic markers. They then hid the DNA over a period in a type-written letter with only a small smudge to give the location away. They mailed the letter back to themselves.
Video examples
The Restorative Power of...
when it came to these tattoos, until I started doing them out in the big, wide world. People still come to me with these really strange pink smudges where their nipple should be. And this is what's left over from micropigmentation. This is the fading tattoo.
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl. This mirage of wealth is mirrored in the painting itself. In greater context, the pearl appears round and heavy, but a detailed view shows that it's just a floating smudge of paint.
Video examples
How Quantum Biology...
which is not a little ball bouncing off a wall. It's a wave that has a certain probability of being able to permeate through a solid wall, like a phantom leaping through to the other side. You can see a faint smudge of light in the right-hand box.
Video examples
How do we study the...
How many stars do you think are behind it? Ten, twenty? Guess again. If you looked at that thumbnail-sized patch of sky with the Hubble Space Telescope, instead of points of light, you'd see smudges. These aren't stars.
Video examples
Escape to the Stunning...
Nations people who lived here for hundreds of years as really important to me and they chose to do that with smudging ceremony which gave me the blessing to be here and
Video examples
What's in Dry-Erase...
the board here we go okay now moment of truth there we go ah no actually hey wait a second guys that's not bad I mean I definitely left some smudgy smudge on
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Quote examples
Jim Starlin
American Artist
There's a character, Eon, I did back in the 'Captain Marvel' story. Eon came from a greasy smudge on a paper bag inside my kitchen being used for garbage. I went and got a paper and pencil, drew it up, and he became a character in that story. Things come from everywhere.
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Amelia Warner
English Actress
The wrap party for the 'Lorna Doone' TV series was pretty special. We went to about four clubs, then four people's houses, and I got home at midday the next day. I'd been wearing ridiculous green shoes all night, and the dye had smudged all over my legs.
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Mark Hunt
New Zealander Athlete
I always remember my dad's blue overalls and the blue overcoat he wore in winter, and I remember my mum's big old Afro. Sometimes, though, in my memories, smudges have replaced their faces.
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Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
Choosing the right mask helps you... We went through many masks. It was very particular leather that as soon as you smudged it, you had to get a new one. We went through about 55 masks.
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Laurie Graham
English Journalist
Once, every woman owned a small mirrored compact, and it was considered normal - sophisticated even - to flip it open to discreetly check for things like nose-glow or lipstick smudge.
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Leonard Susskind
American Physicist
Man - life in general - seems irrelevant to the workings of the universe: a mere smudge of water, grease, and carbon on a pinpoint planet circling a star of no special consequence.
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Betsy Brandt
American Actress
I don't wear a lot of makeup, but I live by Benefit's They're Real! mascara. I wear it on the red carpet because it doesn't smudge - and I always smudge!
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J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
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David Letterman
American Comedian
I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.
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Monica
American Musician
Smudge your eyeliner. It creates a smoky effect.
Quote examples
Jim Starlin
American Artist
There's a character, Eon, I did back in the 'Captain Marvel' story. Eon came from a greasy smudge on a paper bag inside my kitchen being used for garbage. I went and got a paper and pencil, drew it up, and he became a character in that story. Things come from everywhere.
Quote examples
Amelia Warner
English Actress
The wrap party for the 'Lorna Doone' TV series was pretty special. We went to about four clubs, then four people's houses, and I got home at midday the next day. I'd been wearing ridiculous green shoes all night, and the dye had smudged all over my legs.
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Mark Hunt
New Zealander Athlete
I always remember my dad's blue overalls and the blue overcoat he wore in winter, and I remember my mum's big old Afro. Sometimes, though, in my memories, smudges have replaced their faces.
Quote examples
Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
Choosing the right mask helps you... We went through many masks. It was very particular leather that as soon as you smudged it, you had to get a new one. We went through about 55 masks.
Quote examples
Laurie Graham
English Journalist
Once, every woman owned a small mirrored compact, and it was considered normal - sophisticated even - to flip it open to discreetly check for things like nose-glow or lipstick smudge.
Quote examples
Leonard Susskind
American Physicist
Man - life in general - seems irrelevant to the workings of the universe: a mere smudge of water, grease, and carbon on a pinpoint planet circling a star of no special consequence.
Quote examples
Betsy Brandt
American Actress
I don't wear a lot of makeup, but I live by Benefit's They're Real! mascara. I wear it on the red carpet because it doesn't smudge - and I always smudge!
Quote examples
J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
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David Letterman
American Comedian
I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.
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Monica
American Musician
Smudge your eyeliner. It creates a smoky effect.
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