smut

/smət/

/smət/

Other forms: smutted; smutting

Definitions of smut

1. noun

   a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
   synonyms: carbon black, crock, lampblack, soot

   type of:

   C, atomic number 6, carbon

   an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
2. noun

   an offensive or indecent word or phrase
   synonyms: dirty word, filth, obscenity, vulgarism

   types:

   bawdry, bawdy

   lewd or obscene talk or writing

   scatology

   a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)

   type of:

   profanity

   vulgar or irreverent speech or action
3. noun

   creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
   synonyms: erotica, porn, porno, pornography

   type of:

   creation, creative activity

   the human act of creating
4. noun

   destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
   types:

   loose smut

   disease of grains; the entire head is a dusty mass of spores

   bunt, stinking smut

   disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores

   flag smut

   smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses

   false smut, green smut

   disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia

   type of:

   plant disease

   a disease that affects plants
5. noun

   any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
   synonyms: smut fungus

   types:

   covered smut

   a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes

   loose smut

   a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores

   corn smut, cornsmut

   a smut fungus attacking Indian corn

   Sphacelotheca, genus Sphacelotheca

   genus of smut fungus

   Sphacelotheca reiliana, head smut

   smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut

   Tilletia caries, bunt

   fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

   Tilletia foetida, bunt, stinking smut

   similar to Tilletia caries

   Urocystis cepulae, onion smut

   smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings

   flag smut fungus

   a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores

   Ustilago maydis, boil smut

   a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass

   Urocystis tritici, wheat flag smut

   fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat

   type of:

   fungus

   an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
6. verb

   stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
   type of:

   stain

   produce or leave stains
7. verb

   become affected with smut
   “the corn smutted and could not be eaten”

   type of:

   mildew, mold

   become moldy; spoil due to humidity
8. verb

   affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
   type of:

   infect, taint

   contaminate with a disease or microorganism
9. verb

   make obscene
   “This line in the play smuts the entire act”

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation