scumble
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scum·ble
(skŭm′bəl)tr.v. scum·bled, scum·bling, scum·bles
1. To soften the colors or outlines of (a painting or drawing) by covering with a film of opaque or semiopaque color or by rubbing.
2. To blur the outlines of: a writer who scumbled the line that divides history and fiction.
n.
1. The effect produced by or as if by scumbling.
2. Material used for scumbling.
[Possibly from scum.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
scumble
(ˈskʌmbəl)vb
(Art Terms) (in painting and drawing) to soften or blend (an outline or colour) with an upper coat of opaque colour, applied very thinly
n
1. (Art Terms) the upper layer of colour applied in this way
2. (Art Terms) the technique or effects of scumbling
[C18: probably from scum]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
scum•ble
(ˈskʌm bəl)v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.t.
1. to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by overlaying parts with opaque or semiopaque color applied thinly and lightly with an almost dry brush.
n. 2. the act or technique of scumbling.
3. the effect produced by this technique.
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scumble
Past participle: scumbled
Gerund: scumbling
| Imperative |
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| scumble |
| scumble |
| Present |
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| I scumble |
| you scumble |
| he/she/it scumbles |
| we scumble |
| you scumble |
| they scumble |
| Preterite |
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| I scumbled |
| you scumbled |
| he/she/it scumbled |
| we scumbled |
| you scumbled |
| they scumbled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am scumbling |
| you are scumbling |
| he/she/it is scumbling |
| we are scumbling |
| you are scumbling |
| they are scumbling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have scumbled |
| you have scumbled |
| he/she/it has scumbled |
| we have scumbled |
| you have scumbled |
| they have scumbled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was scumbling |
| you were scumbling |
| he/she/it was scumbling |
| we were scumbling |
| you were scumbling |
| they were scumbling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had scumbled |
| you had scumbled |
| he/she/it had scumbled |
| we had scumbled |
| you had scumbled |
| they had scumbled |
| Future |
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| I will scumble |
| you will scumble |
| he/she/it will scumble |
| we will scumble |
| you will scumble |
| they will scumble |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have scumbled |
| you will have scumbled |
| he/she/it will have scumbled |
| we will have scumbled |
| you will have scumbled |
| they will have scumbled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be scumbling |
| you will be scumbling |
| he/she/it will be scumbling |
| we will be scumbling |
| you will be scumbling |
| they will be scumbling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been scumbling |
| you have been scumbling |
| he/she/it has been scumbling |
| we have been scumbling |
| you have been scumbling |
| they have been scumbling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been scumbling |
| you will have been scumbling |
| he/she/it will have been scumbling |
| we will have been scumbling |
| you will have been scumbling |
| they will have been scumbling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been scumbling |
| you had been scumbling |
| he/she/it had been scumbling |
| we had been scumbling |
| you had been scumbling |
| they had been scumbling |
| Conditional |
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| I would scumble |
| you would scumble |
| he/she/it would scumble |
| we would scumble |
| you would scumble |
| they would scumble |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have scumbled |
| you would have scumbled |
| he/she/it would have scumbled |
| we would have scumbled |
| you would have scumbled |
| they would have scumbled |
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Noun 1. scumble - the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
application, coating, covering - the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";
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