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[syn: patched, spotty, spotted]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, checked,
checkered, dappled, mottled, dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal), slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spotting.]
1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to
discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots
or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.
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2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.
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My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl.
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To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
hewing.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
spotted panther." --Spenser.
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Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia
maculosa); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spotted
adj 1: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color
or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the
wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white
spotted cow" [syn: patched, spotty, spotted]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "spotted":
assigned, bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, bespangled, bespeckled,
blotched, blotchy, defiled, deployed, dirtied, dotted, dotty,
drabbled, draggled, dusted, embosomed, emplaced, ensconced,
established, fixed, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, fouled,
frecked, freckle-faced, freckled, freckly, installed, located,
macular, maculate, maculated, patchy, peppered, placed, planted,
pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot,
positioned, posted, powdered, punctated, seated, set, settled,
situate, situated, smirched, smudged, soiled, spangled, spattered,
specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splashed, splattered,
splotched, splotchy, spotty, sprinkled, stained, stationed,
stippled, studded, sullied, tainted, tarnished