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Exact Match:

speckle: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"

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Related Words:

bloodstain collapse: a discoloration caused by blood

marbleize collapse: make something look like marble; "marbleize the fireplace"

tessellate collapse: tile with tesserae; "tessellate the kitchen floor"

bespeckle collapse

variegate collapse: change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors

eyesore collapse: something very ugly and offensive

bespangle collapse: dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects

watermark collapse: a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light

discoloration collapse: the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded

checker collapse: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; one who checks the correctness of something; an attendant who checks coats or baggage; variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

tick off collapse

flour collapse: fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain; convert grain into flour; cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it"

spangle collapse: decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner"; glitter as if covered with spangles

delimit collapse

flyspeck collapse: a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly

punctuate collapse: insert punctuation marks into; interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

polka dot collapse: design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots

cicatrix collapse

strawberry mark collapse

underscore collapse: a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter); give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"

underline collapse: draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to

birthmark collapse: a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

striate collapse: marked with stria or striations; mark with striae or striations

iris collapse: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening; muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye; plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

discolor collapse: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"; cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts"; lose color or turn colorless; "The painting discolored"

dredge collapse: a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed; remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water; search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost; cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

smirch collapse: smear so as to make dirty or stained

demarcate collapse: set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something; separate clearly and as if by boundaries

tittle collapse

sprinkle collapse: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"; scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"; cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"; rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

mottle collapse: an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"; colour with streaks or blotches of different shades; mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

chalk up collapse: accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"

splatter collapse

scarify collapse: puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"; break up; "scarify soil"; scratch the surface of; "scarify seeds"

crumb collapse: small piece of e.g. bread or cake; a very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report"; remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"; break into crumbs; coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet"

spatter collapse: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface; the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"; dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"; spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"

smudge collapse: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"; a smoky fire to drive away insects

splotch collapse: blotch or spot

flake collapse: cover with flakes or as if with flakes; form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"

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