smut

• Sustantivo con varios significados: puede designar una sustancia negra carbonosa usada en pigmentos y tintas; una enfermedad fúngica de los cereales; o, más frecuentemente, material ofensivo, obsceno o abiertamente sexual, como palabras, imágenes o películas.

A noun with multiple meanings: it can refer to a black carbon substance used in pigments and ink; a fungal disease affecting cereal plants; or, more commonly, offensive, indecent, or sexually explicit material such as words, pictures, or films.

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1. Soot or dirtB2formal

   A black, powdery or colloidal substance, primarily composed of amorphous carbon, often used in making pigments and ink.

   hollín

   • The old chimney was covered in a layer of smut.
   • Artists once used smut to create a deep black pigment.
   • The factory's smoke left smut on the windowsills.

   Sinónimoscarbon blackdirtgrimelampblacksmudgesoot

   Antónimoscleanlinesspurity

2. Plant diseaseC1formal

   A destructive fungal disease affecting cereal grasses, characterized by black, powdery masses of spores on the plant.

   Tizón o carbón de los cereales

   • The wheat crop was devastated by smut this season.
   • Farmers use fungicides to prevent smut in their fields.
   • Smut can significantly reduce grain yields if left untreated.

   Sinónimosbrandbunt

3. Fungal organismC1formal

   Any fungus belonging to the order Ustilaginales, which causes smut disease in plants.

   Tizón (hongo del orden Ustilaginales)

   • The biologist identified the fungus as a type of smut.
   • Smut fungi have a complex life cycle involving host plants.
   • Research on smut helps in developing resistant crop varieties.

   Sinónimossmut fungus

4. Obscene languageB2informal

   An offensive, indecent, or vulgar word or phrase.

   Lenguaje obsceno

   • The comedian's routine was full of smut and crude jokes.
   • He was criticized for using smut in his speech.
   • The book was banned for containing smut.

   Sinónimosbawdrydirtfilthindecencylewdnessobscenityprofanityribaldryscurrilityvulgarity

5. Sexually explicit materialB2informal

   Creative works, such as writing, pictures, or films, that lack literary or artistic value and are intended solely to stimulate sexual desire.

   Material pornográfico explícito

   • The magazine was dismissed as nothing but smut.
   • Some people argue that certain films are just smut.
   • The library refused to stock materials considered smut.

   Sinónimosfilthobscenitypornpornopornography

• Verbo que significa ensuciar o manchar con hollín o suciedad, o hacer algo obsceno o impúdico; también se usa como sustantivo para referirse a material obsceno o pornográfico.

A verb meaning to make something dirty, sooty, or obscene; also used as a noun referring to obscene material.

1. Make obsceneC1informal

   To make something obscene or indecent, often by adding sexual content.

   Hacer obsceno

   • The editor smutted the original story to appeal to a different audience.
   • He was accused of smutting the film with unnecessary scenes.
   • They smutted the lyrics to make them more provocative.

   Sinónimoseroticizesexualize

   Antónimoscleansepurifysanctify

2. Stain with a dirty substanceB2formal

   To mark or stain something with a dirty substance, such as soot or grime.

   Manchar con hollín o suciedad

   • The chimney sweep smutted his hands with soot.
   • She accidentally smutted her white dress with charcoal.
   • The old factory walls were smutted with years of pollution.

   Sinónimosbefoulbegrimedirtysmearsmudgesoilsullytarnish

3. Become affected with smutC1formalscientific

   To become infected or affected by smut, a fungal disease that affects plants, especially grains.

   apestarse (por tizón)

   • The corn crop began to smut after the heavy rains.
   • Farmers worry when their wheat starts to smut.
   • The barley smutted quickly in the damp conditions.

4. Affect with smut or mildewC1formalscientific

   To infect a crop, such as corn, with smut or mildew, causing damage.

   Afectar con tizón o mildiu

   • The fungus smutted the entire field of corn.
   • Prolonged humidity can smut the wheat harvest.
   • They used a fungicide to prevent the disease from smutting the crops.

   Sinónimosblightinfectmildewtaint