mottle – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: colouring,
color,
coloring,
colour,
colorize,
colourize,
colour in,
colourise,
colorise,
color in,
spot
mottle
v.
mark with blotches of different colors, spot, speckle
Mottle
Mottle is a pattern of irregular marks, spots, streaks,
blotches or patches of different
shades or
colours. It is commonly used to describe the surface of
plants or the
skin of
animals. In plants, mottling usually consists of yellowish spots on
plants, and is usually a sign of disease or malnutrition. Many plant viruses cause mottling, some examples being:
mottle
Verb
1. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
(synonym) streak, blotch
(hypernym) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
(derivation) mottling
2. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
(synonym) dapple, cloud
(hypernym) spot
(hyponym) harlequin
(derivation) mottling
Mottle
(v. t.)
To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
(n.)
A mottled appearance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
mottle
Synonyms and related words:
band, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, birthmark, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, caste mark, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, cut, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, dash, define, delimit, demarcate, discolor, discoloration, dot, dottedness, earmark, engrave, engraving, flake, fleck, flick, freckle, freckliness, gash, graving, hack, harlequin, hatch, impress, imprint, iris, jot, lentigo, line, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, mole, motley, mottledness, nevus, nick, notch, patch, pencil, pepper, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, spangle, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splotch, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stud, tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate, tick, tick off, tittle, trace, underline, underscore, variegate, vein, watermark
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
