SMUT (smutted, smutting)

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Irregular inflected forms: smutted    , smutting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does smut mean? 

• SMUT (noun)
  The noun SMUT has 5 senses:

1. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

2. destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores

3. any fungus of the order Ustilaginales

4. an offensive or indecent word or phrase

5. creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

  Familiarity information: SMUT used as a noun is common.

• SMUT (verb)
  The verb SMUT has 4 senses:

1. make obscene

2. stain with a dirty substance, such as soot

3. become affected with smut

4. affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn

  Familiarity information: SMUT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carbon black; crock; lampblack; smut; soot

Hypernyms ("smut" is a kind of...):

atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)

Derivation:

smut (stain with a dirty substance, such as soot)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("smut" is a kind of...):

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smut"):

loose smut (disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores)

bunt; stinking smut (disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores)

flag smut (smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses)

false smut; green smut (disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia)

Derivation:

smut (affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn)

smut (become affected with smut)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

smut; smut fungus

Hypernyms ("smut" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smut"):

head smut; Sphacelotheca reiliana (smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut)

flag smut fungus (a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores)

onion smut; Urocystis cepulae (smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings)

bunt; stinking smut; Tilletia foetida (similar to Tilletia caries)

bunt; Tilletia caries (fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores)

genus Sphacelotheca; Sphacelotheca (genus of smut fungus)

corn smut; cornsmut (a smut fungus attacking Indian corn)

loose smut (a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores)

covered smut (a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes)

Holonyms ("smut" is a member of...):

order Ustilaginales; Ustilaginales (parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes)

Derivation:

smut (affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn)

smut (become affected with smut)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An offensive or indecent word or phrase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism

Hypernyms ("smut" is a kind of...):

profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action)

Domain member usage:

asshole; bastard; cocksucker; dickhead; mother fucker; motherfucker; prick; shit; SOB; son of a bitch; whoreson (insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous)

crap; dirt; poop; shit; shite; turd (obscene terms for feces)

bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)

pee; peeing; piss; pissing (informal terms for urination)

chickenshit (a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear)

bull; bullshit; crap; dogshit; horseshit; Irish bull; shit (obscene words for unacceptable behavior)

cock; dick; pecker; prick; putz; shaft; tool (obscene terms for penis)

ass; fuck; fucking; nookie; nooky; piece of ass; piece of tail; roll in the hay; screw; screwing; shag; shtup (slang for sexual intercourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smut"):

bawdry; bawdy (lewd or obscene talk or writing)

scatology (a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions))

Derivation:

smutty (characterized by obscenity)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

erotica; porn; porno; pornography; smut

Hypernyms ("smut" is a kind of...):

creation; creative activity (the human act of creating)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smut"):

child pornography; kiddie porn; kiddy porn (the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films)

Derivation:

smut (make obscene)

smutty (characterized by obscenity)

• SMUT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they smut    ... he / she / it smuts   
Past simple: smutted   
Past participle: smutted   
-ing form: smutting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make obscene

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

This line in the play smuts the entire act

Hypernyms (to "smut" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

smut (creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "smut" is one way to...):

stain (produce or leave stains)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

smut (a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become affected with smut

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the corn smutted and could not be eaten

Hypernyms (to "smut" is one way to...):

mildew; mold (become moldy; spoil due to humidity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

smut (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)

smut (destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "smut" is one way to...):

infect; taint (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

smut (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)

smut (destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores)

 Context examples 

He seemed not to notice, but remarked that the smuts in London were not quite so bad as they used to be when he was a student here.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live as saprobes or parasites, including mushrooms, yeasts, smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex.

(Fungus, NCI Thesaurus)