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View usage for: (dæpəld) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]You use dappled to describe something that has dark or light patches on it, or that is made up of patches of light and shade. ...a dappled horse. Sometimes I carry a book out under the pear trees and sit in the dappled shade. The path was dappled with sunlight. [+ with/by/in] Synonyms: mottled, spotted, speckled, pied More Synonyms of dappled dappled in British English (ˈdæpəld) adjectivemarked with dapples The horse under him was dappled grey. Sometimes I carry a book out under the pear trees and sit in the dappled shade. the dappled sunlight of the forest The path was dappled with sunlight. Examples of 'dappled' in a sentencedappled The female has a dark red head and a dappled grey body.The film is dappled with the sunlight of lost childhood, countered by an ironic wit.It's easier if you have dappled shade.Keep the pots in dappled shade at all times so that the compost and bulbs do not get too hot or they will fail to produce flowers.They'll do well in sun, or light or dappled shade.Is it under deciduous trees, so the light is dappled in summer, but the ground dry? Definition marked with spots of a different colour He stood in the dappled sunlight of the forest. Synonyms flecked checkered freckled stippled Additional synonymsDefinition brown or grey streaked with a darker colour a brindled cat seated on a mat Synonyms streaked, spotted, patched, speckled, mottled, tabbyDefinition marked in two colours, esp. black and white a piebald pony Synonyms pied, spotted, black and white, flecked, speckled, mottled, dappled, brindledDefinition having markings of two or more colours a bird with pied markings Synonyms variegated, spotted, streaked, irregular, flecked, motley, mottled, dappled, multicoloured, piebald, parti-coloured, varicoloured - dank
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