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besmut

besmut verb: to blacken with smut; foul with soot.

Verb

besmut (third-person singular simple present besmuts, present participle besmutting, simple past and past participle besmutted)

  1. (transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.

Forms of besmut

third-person singular presentbesmuts
present participlebesmutting
past participlebesmutted
pastbesmutted

Origin of besmut

From be- + smut. Compare Old English besmittian (“to pollute, defile”).

Questions about besmut

What does besmut mean?
Besmut means to blacken with smut; foul with soot.
What part of speech is besmut?
Besmut is a verb.
What is the past tense of besmut?
The past tense of besmut is besmutted.

Words near besmut in the dictionary

  1. besmooths
  2. besmudge
  3. besmudged
  4. besmudges
  5. besmudging
  6. besmut
  7. besmutch
  8. besmutched
  9. besmutches
  10. besmutching
  11. besmuts

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