nnoun.attributea small contrasting part of somethingSynset:dapple fleck maculation patch speckle spot
Examples:- a bald spot
- a leopard's spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
Derivationally Related Form:dapplepatchyspotpatchspecklefleck
Hypernyms:marking
Inherited Hypernyms:spotmarkingdesigndecorationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:faculafretmaculamaculemock sunnebulaparhelionpinpointplaquesolar faculaspecksplashsundogsunspotworn spot
Full Hyponyms:amyloid plaquearterial plaquedental plaquefaculafreckleliver spotmaculenebulaparhelionplague spotplaquespecksplashsunspotworn spot
vverb.contactproduce a mottled effectSynset:speckle stipple
Examples:- The sunlight stippled the trees
Derivationally Related Form:speckle
Hypernyms:cloud dapple mottle
Inherited Hypernyms:stipplemottlespotmarkchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactmark with small spotsSynset:bespeckle speckle
Examples:- speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots
Derivationally Related Form:speckle
Hypernyms:blob blot fleck spot
Inherited Hypernyms:specklespotchange surfacechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
adj satadj.allcompletely neat and cleanSynset:immaculate spic spic-and-span spick spick-and-span spotless
Examples:- the apartment was immaculate
- in her immaculate white uniform
- a spick-and-span kitchen
- their spic red-visored caps
Antonyms:dirty
Derivationally Related Form:spotlessnessimmaculateness
Inherited Hypernyms:immaculate
Similar to:clean