Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to smut
Participle: smutted
Gerund: smutting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | smut |
| you | smut |
| he;she;it | smuts |
| we | smut |
| you | smut |
| they | smut |
Perfect
| I | have smutted |
| you | have smutted |
| he;she;it | has smutted |
| we | have smutted |
| you | have smutted |
| they | have smutted |
Past
| I | smutted |
| you | smutted |
| he;she;it | smutted |
| we | smutted |
| you | smutted |
| they | smutted |
Pluperfect
| I | had smutted |
| you | had smutted |
| he;she;it | had smutted |
| we | had smutted |
| you | had smutted |
| they | had smutted |
Future
| I | will smut |
| you | will smut |
| he;she;it | will smut |
| we | will smut |
| you | will smut |
| they | will smut |
Future Perfect
| I | will have smutted |
| you | will have smutted |
| he;she;it | will have smutted |
| we | will have smutted |
| you | will have smutted |
| they | will have smutted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | smut |
| you | smut |
| he;she;it | smut |
| we | smut |
| you | smut |
| they | smut |
Perfect
| I | have smutted |
| you | have smutted |
| he;she;it | have smutted |
| we | have smutted |
| you | have smutted |
| they | have smutted |
Imperfect
| I | smutted |
| you | smutted |
| he;she;it | smutted |
| we | smutted |
| you | smutted |
| they | smutted |
Pluperfect
| I | had smutted |
| you | had smutted |
| he;she;it | had smutted |
| we | had smutted |
| you | had smutted |
| they | had smutted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would smut |
| you | would smut |
| he;she;it | would smut |
| we | would smut |
| you | would smut |
| they | would smut |
Perfect
| I | would have smutted |
| you | would have smutted |
| he;she;it | would have smutted |
| we | would have smutted |
| you | would have smutted |
| they | would have smutted |
Imperative
| you | smut |
| we | Let's smut |
| you | smut |
Verbs conjugated like 'smut'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'smut'
scut,
shut,
slut,
smout,
smug,
smur,
stut,
abut,
amit,
besmut,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English smutten (“to defile, debase”), related to German Schmutz (“filth, dirt, smut”) and schmutzen (“to make dirty, stain”). Doublet of schmutz.
2. Compare also Old English smitta (“smear; blot; mark; stain; pollution”), Old English besmītan (“to besmut; defile; dirty; pollute; contaminate”).
Verbs referencing "smut"
English
smirch, Bulgarian
муцам.
Sample Sentences
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it bears a very good Crop , and seldom smuts [1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:]
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But the Nis did not forget it to the maids; for the following Sunday when they were going to the dance, be contrived, unknown to them, to smut their faces all over, so that when they got up to dance, every one that was there burst out a laughing at them. [1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 231:]
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Mildew also falls upon Corn, and smuts it [1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:]
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It smutted to a far greater degree than the year before, say three fourths, or more. I obtained but little more than the seed sown, and that was handsome wheat. This failure I imputed to the same supposed cause which operated the last year. [1836, New England Farmer, volume 14, page 313:]
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to smut grain for the mill