smut
smut /ˈsmʌt/
noun
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Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
(
erotica
, porn
[Informal] , porno
[Vulgar] , pornography
, smut
)
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
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An offensive or indecent word or phrase
(
dirty word
, filth
, obscenity
, smut
, vulgarism
)
an offensive or indecent word or phrase
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Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
(
smut
, smut fungus
)
any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
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Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
(
smut
)
destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
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A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
(
carbon black
, crock
, lampblack
, smut
, soot
)
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
verb
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(farming) affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
(
smut
)
(farming) affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
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Become affected with smut
(
smut
)
become affected with smut
The corn smutted and could not be eaten
the corn smutted and could not be eaten
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Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
(
smut
)
stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
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Make obscene
(
smut
)
make obscene
This line in the play smuts the entire act
This line in the play smuts the entire act