Spotted

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  patterned \patterned\ adj.
     Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
     [Narrower terms: {banded}, {blotched, blotchy, splotched},
     {brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby}, {burled}, {checked,
     checkered}, {dappled, mottled}, {dotted, flecked, specked,
     speckled, stippled}, {figured}, {floral, flowered}, {laced},


     {marbled, marbleized}, {moire, watered}, {pinstriped,
     pinstripe(prenominal)}, {slashed, streaked}, {spotted},
     {sprigged}, {streaked, streaky}, {striped, stripy},
     {tessellated}, {veined, venose}] {plain, solid}
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Spotting}.]
     1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to
        discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots
        or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.
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     2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
        to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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     3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
        as reputation; to asperse.
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              My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
                                                    --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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              If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
              May I live spotted for my perjury.    --Beau. & Fl.
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     {To spot timber}, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
        hewing.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
     Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
     spotted panther." --Spenser.
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     {Spotted fever} (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
        fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
        meningitis.
  
     {Spotted tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
        maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
        spots.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spot
       n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some
            region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" [syn: {topographic
            point}, {place}]
       2: a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv
          programs or in a magazine) that is often used for
          advertising
       3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
           {smudge}, {blot}, {daub}, {smear}, {smirch}, {slur}]
       4: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a
          leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin
          ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: {speckle}, {dapple}, {patch},
           {fleck}, {maculation}]
       5: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific
          performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the
          program"
       6: an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the
          high points of the movie" [syn: {point}]
       7: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
       8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
          treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {office}, {billet},
           {place}, {situation}]
       9: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"
          [syn: {touch}]
       10: a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper" [syn: {bit}]
       11: a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn:
            {pip}]
       12: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a
           restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage
           performer [syn: {spotlight}]
       13: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to
           indicate its value; "an eight spot"
       14: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
           made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: {blot}, {smear},
           {smirch}, {stain}]
       v 1: catch sight of [syn: {descry}, {espy}, {spy}]
       2: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: {blemish}]
       3: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
          [syn: {fleck}, {blob}, {blot}]
       4: become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
       5: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition;
          "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
       [also: {spotting}, {spotted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spotted
       adj 1: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or
              texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a
              black-and-white spotted cow" [syn: {patched}]
       2: especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged
          reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished
          reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" [syn: {besmirched},
           {damaged}, {flyblown}, {stained}, {sullied}, {tainted}, {tarnished}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spotted
       See {spot}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "spotted":
     assigned, bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, bespangled, bespeckled,
     blotched, blotchy, defiled, deployed, dirtied, dotted, dotty,
     drabbled, draggled, dusted, embosomed, emplaced, ensconced,
     established, fixed, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, fouled,
     frecked, freckle-faced, freckled, freckly, installed, located,
     macular, maculate, maculated, patchy, peppered, placed, planted,
     pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot,
     positioned, posted, powdered, punctated, seated, set, settled,
     situate, situated, smirched, smudged, soiled, spangled, spattered,
     specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splashed, splattered,
     splotched, splotchy, spotty, sprinkled, stained, stationed,
     stippled, studded, sullied, tainted, tarnished