Smutch: alternatives and connections

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

A suffocating smoke.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.