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speckle

 
Noun speckle has 1 sense
  1. spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation - 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"
    --1 is a kind of marking
    --1 has particulars:
     speck, pinpoint; nebula; worn spot, fret; plaque; macule, macula
    Derived forms: verb speckle2, verb speckle1
Verb speckle has 2 senses
  1. stipple, speckle - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
    --1 is one way to mottle, dapple, cloud
    Derived form: noun speckle1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. speckle, bespeckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"
    --2 is one way to spot, fleck, blob, blot
    Derived form: noun speckle1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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