dictionary definitions for "spotted"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  spotted
      adj 1: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color
             or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the
             wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white
             spotted cow" [syn: patched, spotty, spotted]

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
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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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