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smalm

smalm verb: to smear or daub.

Verb

smalm (third-person singular simple present smalms, present participle smalming, simple past and past participle smalmed)

  1. (transitive) To smear or daub.
    • […] turning them into blotchy caricatures, or into lying mummies smalmed over with tawdry pigments, […]1890, Augustus Jessopp, The Trials of a Country Parson, page 160
    • Mr. Fendall thoughtfully smalmed a section of his bacon with mustard.August 1907, P. G. Wodehouse, “The Pro”, in Novel Magazine

Forms of smalm

third-person singular presentsmalms
present participlesmalming
past participlesmalmed
pastsmalmed

Questions about smalm

What does smalm mean?
Smalm means to smear or daub.
What part of speech is smalm?
Smalm is a verb.
What is the past tense of smalm?
The past tense of smalm is smalmed.

Words near smalm in the dictionary

  1. smallwigs
  2. Smallwood
  3. Smallwoods
  4. smally
  5. Smallzried
  6. smalm
  7. smalmed
  8. smalmiest
  9. smalming
  10. smalms
  11. smalmy

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