1. Verb
To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
2. Verb
To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
3. Verb
To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
4. Verb
To flatter excessively or glossy.
5. Verb
To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
6. Verb
To smear; to play the flatterer.
7. Noun
A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
8. Noun
A picture coarsely executed.
9. Noun
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
10. Noun
an unskillful painting
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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