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BLOTCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An irregularly shaped spot

Synonyms:

blotch; splodge; splotch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

blot; daub; slur; smear; smirch; smudge; spot (a blemish made by dirt)

Derivation:

blotch (mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained)

blotchy (marred by discolored spots or blotches)

blotchy (marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

Synonyms:

blotch; mottle; streak

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

blotch (an irregularly shaped spot)

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 Context examples: 

As to Wilson, he was exactly as he had begun in appearance, but twice I saw him close his lips sharply as if he were in a sudden spasm of pain, and the blotches over his ribs were darkening from scarlet to a sullen purple.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)