smut

  • 31smut — Dust Dust (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.] 1. Fine, dry… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 32smut — smÊŒt n. sooty particle; black spot, smudge; obscenity; pornography; plant disease characterized by the development of black powdery spots on the affected part; fungus which causes smut v. dirty, stain; become dirty; be affected by a plant… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 33smut — noun 1》 a small flake of soot or dirt. 2》 a fungal disease of cereals in which parts of the ear change to black powder. 3》 indecent or obscene talk, writing, or pictures. verb (smuts, smutting, smutted) 1》 mark with smuts. 2》 infect with smut.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 34smut — noun 1 (U) books, stories, talk etc that offend some people slightly because they are about sex: I won t have smut like that in my house! 2 (C, U) dirt or soot (=black powder produced by burning), or a piece of this …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35smut — paišai statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Buitiniai suodžiai. atitikmenys: angl. smut; soot rus. копоть …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 36smut — See sealing smut …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 37Smut mill — Smut Smut, n. [Akin to Sw. smuts, Dan. smuds, MHG. smuz, G. schmutz, D. smet a spot or stain, smoddig, smodsig, smodderig, dirty, smodderen to smut; and probably to E. smite. See {Smite}, v. t., and cf. {Smitt}, {Smutch}.] 1. Foul matter, like… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38smut´ti|ness — smut|ty «SMUHT ee», adjective, ti|er, ti|est. 1. indecent; nasty; obscene: »“Let us not be smutty,” appeals Lady Fidget, in the line Dame Edith Evans made famous (London Times). SYNONYM( …

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  • 39Smut (fungus) — The smuts are fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes (of the class Teliomycetae, subphylum Basidiomycota), that cause plant disease.Smuts affect grasses, notably including cereal crops such as maize. They initially attack the plant s reproductive system …

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  • 40smut fungus — noun any fungus of the order Ustilaginales • Syn: ↑smut • Derivationally related forms: ↑smut (for: ↑smut) • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • H …

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