"scumble" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskʌmbəl/, /ˈskʊmbəl/ [Northern-England] Forms: scumbles [plural], scrumble [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌmbəl Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from scum with frequentative -le. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scumble (countable and uncountable, plural scumbles)
  1. An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (opaque kind of glaze): lazura [feminine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-scumble-en-noun-miwchMxu

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskʌmbəl/, /ˈskʊmbəl/ [Northern-England] Forms: scumbles [present, singular, third-person], scumbling [participle, present], scumbled [participle, past], scumbled [past], scrumble [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌmbəl Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from scum with frequentative -le. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-verb}} scumble (third-person singular simple present scumbles, present participle scumbling, simple past and past participle scumbled)
  1. To apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller.
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  2. To apply a painted pattern to the finish of a piece of furniture to simulate the woodgrain of another timber, as for example to give pine an appearance of oak. Coordinate_terms: veneer
    Sense id: en-scumble-en-verb-abTNeszq Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms with collocations

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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