You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for February 23.

Today’s word is smudge, spelled s-m-u-d-ge.

Smudge (verb): if ink, writing etc smudges, or if you smudge it, it becomes dirty and unclear because it has been touched or rubbed

Here’s the word used in a sentence:

Don’t touch it! You’ll smudge the ink.

On set, she has been inspired by small hacks: a face mask designed not to smudge her makeup, the know-how of an on-site Covid-19 compliance officer.

— New York Times, "Lilly Singh’s Week: Pixar’s ‘Soul’ and ’90s Bollywood," 5 Jan. 2021

Interesting Fact:

She was crying and her mascara had smudged.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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