Associations to the word «Smut»

Wiktionary

SMUT, noun. (uncountable) Soot.
SMUT, noun. (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
SMUT, noun. (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
SMUT, noun. (derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
SMUT, noun. Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
SMUT, noun. (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
SMUT, verb. To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
SMUT, verb. (intransitive) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
SMUT, verb. To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
SMUT, verb. To clear of the smut fungus.

Dictionary definition

SMUT, noun. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
SMUT, noun. Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores.
SMUT, noun. Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales.
SMUT, noun. An offensive or indecent word or phrase.
SMUT, noun. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.
SMUT, verb. Make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act".
SMUT, verb. Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot.
SMUT, verb. Become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten".
SMUT, verb. Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn.

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