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BLOB

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: blobbed    , blobbing   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indistinct shapeless form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("blob" is a kind of...):

amorphous shape (an ill-defined or arbitrary shape)

Derivation:

blob (make a spot or mark onto)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a spot or mark onto

Example:

The wine spotted the tablecloth

Synonyms:

blob; blot; fleck; spot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "blob" is one way to...):

change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

Verb group:

stain (produce or leave stains)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blob"):

splotch (blotch or spot)

defile; maculate; stain; sully; tarnish (make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically)

bespeckle; speckle (mark with small spots)

bespatter; spatter (spot, splash, or soil)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

blob (an indistinct shapeless form)

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