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• smut — /smut/, n., v., smutted, smutting. n. 1. a particle of soot; sooty matter. 2. a black or dirty mark; smudge. 3. indecent language or publications; obscenity. 4. Plant Pathol. a. a disease of plants, esp. cereal grasses, characterized by the… …   Universalium

• smut — [smut] n. [< or akin to LowG smutt, akin to Ger schmutz, dirt < IE * (s)meud < base * meu , wet, musty > MUD, MOSS] 1. a) sooty matter b) a particle of this 2. a mark made by something dirty; soiled spot …   English World dictionary

• smut — [smʌt] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from smot dirty mark (16 19 centuries)] 1.) [U] books, stories, talk etc that offend some people because they are about sex ▪ I won t have smut like that in my house! 2.) [U and C] dirt or ↑soot (=black… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• smut — ► NOUN 1) a small flake of soot or dirt. 2) indecent or obscene talk, writing, or pictures. 3) a disease of cereals caused by a fungus, in which parts of the ear change to black powder. ► VERB (smutted, smutting) 1) mark with smuts. 2) …   English terms dictionary

• smut — (n.) 1660s, black mark, stain, from verb smutten debase, defile (early 15c.), cognate with M.H.G. smotzen make dirty, from W.Gmc. *smutt (Cf. M.H.G. smuz grease, dirt; Ger. Schmutz dirt, schmutzen to make dirty ). The meaning indecent or obscene… …   Etymology dictionary

• Smut (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 …   Wikipedia

• smut — [[t]smʌt[/t]] n. v. smut•ted, smut•ting 1) a particle of soot; sooty matter 2) a black or dirty mark; smudge 3) indecent language or writing; obscenity 4) a) ppa a disease of plants, esp. cereal grasses, characterized by the conversion of… …   From formal English to slang

• smut — /smʌt / (say smut) noun 1. a particle of soot; sooty matter. 2. a black or dirty mark; a smudge. 3. indecent talk or writing; obscenity. 4. a fungous disease of plants, especially cereals, in which the affected parts are converted into a black… …  

• smut — n. & v. n. 1 a small flake of soot etc. 2 a spot or smudge made by this. 3 obscene or lascivious talk, pictures, or stories. 4 a a fungous disease of cereals in which parts of the ear change to black powder. b any fungus of the order… …   Useful english dictionary

• smut — A fungal disease of cereal grains caused by species of Ustilago and characterized by dark brown or black masses of spores on the plants; e.g., corn s. (U. maydis); loose s. of wheat (U. nuda) * * * smut smət n any of various destructive diseases… …   Medical dictionary

• smut ball — noun 1. : the spore mass into which the ovary of the host is converted by the stinking smut organism compare bunt II 2. : puffball * * * smut ball, 1. the ball of black powder into which an ear of grain is changed by the smut fungus. 2. =… …   Useful english dictionary