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smudge

n. a smoky fire to drive away insects

blot, smear, smirch, spot, daub, slur

n. a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

smear, blur, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

streak

n. a sudden flash (as of lightning)

bolt, thunder, thunderbolt, bolt of lightning

n. a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

spot, maculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck

n. a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

shame, disgrace, ignominy

n. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

contamination, taint

n. the state of being contaminated

streak

n. a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"

blot, dry with blotting paper

v. dry (ink) with blotting paper

streak, blotch, mottle

v. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

soil, grime, dirty, begrime, colly, bemire, make filthy, make dirty, make soiled

v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

black, blacken, melanize, nigrify, become black, make black

v. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

tarnish, defile, maculate, sully

v. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

blemish, flaw, make defective, make imperfect

v. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

wipe, obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

hide, obliterate, obscure, blot out

v. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

streak

v. move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"

polish, gloss, burnish

v. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

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