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STIPPLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce a mottled effect

Example:

The sunlight stippled the trees

Synonyms:

speckle; stipple

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

cloud; dapple; mottle (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Apply (paint) in small dots or strokes

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

paint (make a painting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stippler (a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

paint (make a painting)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stippler (a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Engrave by means of dots and flicks

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

engrave; etch (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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