Definition of Smut

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

Exact synonyms: Carbon Black, Crock, Lampblack, Soot
Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 6, C, Carbon
Derivative terms: Soot, Sooty, Sooty

2. Verb. Make obscene. "This line in the play smuts the entire act"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify

3. Noun. Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores.
Generic synonyms: Plant Disease
Specialized synonyms: Loose Smut, Bunt, Stinking Smut, Flag Smut, False Smut, Green Smut

4. Verb. Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot.
Generic synonyms: Stain

5. Noun. Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales.

6. Verb. Become affected with smut. "The corn smutted and could not be eaten"
Generic synonyms: Mildew, Mold

7. Noun. An offensive or indecent word or phrase.

8. Verb. Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn.
Category relationships: Agriculture, Farming, Husbandry
Generic synonyms: Infect, Taint

9. Noun. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.
Exact synonyms: Erotica, Porn, Porno, Pornography
Specialized synonyms: Child Pornography, Kiddie Porn, Kiddy Porn
Generic synonyms: Creation, Creative Activity
Derivative terms: Pornographer, Pornographic, Smutty

Definition of Smut

1. n. Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

2. v. t. To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.

3. v. i. To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

Definition of Smut

1. Noun. Soot. ¹

2. Noun. Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material. ¹

3. Noun. A promiscuous, trashy, classless woman. ¹

4. Noun. Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused. ¹

5. Verb. To stain (or be stained) with soot etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smut

1. to soil [v SMUTTED, SMUTTING, SMUTS] - See also: soil

Medical Definition of Smut

1. 1. Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter. 2. Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults. 3. An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis. 4. Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity. "He does not stand upon decency . . . But will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room." (Addison) Smut mill, a machine for cleansing grain from smut. Origin: 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, and cf. Smitt, Smutch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smut

smurfiest
smurfing
smurfs
smurfy
smurred
smurrier
smurriest
smurring
smurry
smurs
smushed
smushes
smushing
smushy
smut fungus
smutch
smutched
smutches
smutchier
smutchiest
smutchin
smutching
smutchy
smuthounds
smutmonger

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