Spot
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English
Noun
Spot (plural Spots)- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A location or area.
- (sports) An official determination of placement.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Difficult situation; predicament
- (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter
- (soccer) penalty kick
Verb
Spot (third-person singular simple present Spots, present participle spotting, simple past and past participle spotted)
- (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify
- (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To stain; to leave a spot.
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
Adjectives for Spot
secluded; sheltered; distinguishable; tuneful; convenient; hovering; dusky; delicious; threadbare; unpromising; chosen; hallowed; shady; retired; dreary; sunlit; selfsame; forsaken; elevated; sleek; wet; treacherous; sore; unknown; dry; beauty; mildewed; curious; desolate; seductive; devoted; perceptible; faulty; unsightly; formidable; sequestered; secure; moist; sacred; swampy; malarial; plague; trysting; vital; lovely; haunted; drearest; barren; memorable; remote; vicious; infinitesimal; secure; insidious; weak; doleful; consecrated; solitary; dreariest; neglected; limited; tender designated; unfertile; isolated; vulnerable silent; tranquil; burning; loathsome; ulcer sanctified; attention-arresting; favorable veritable; wave-walled.
Verbs for Spot
bear—s; confine—; designate—; detect—; efface—; eradicate—; lurk near—; incrust—; obliterate—; patch—; scatter—s; scour—; —attracts; — bespatter; — besmirch; —betokens; —blemishes; —blurs; —blotches; —s checker; —connotates; —defiles; — mars; —represents; —smudges; —sullies; — transfixes.
Thesaurus
abode, ace, acne, aimless, allocate, appointment, arc, arc light, area, ascertain, aspersion, assign, atom, attaint, badge of infamy, band, bar, bar sinister, baton, beam, bearings, beat signal, bedabble, bedaub, behold, bench mark, bend sinister, berth, besmear, besmirch, besmutch, besoil, bespangle, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, billet, bind, birthmark, bit, bite, black, black eye, black mark, blacken, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blips, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, boils, bounces, box, brand, bread, broad arrow, case, caste mark, catch, catch sight of, censure, chalk up, champain, check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, circumstance, clap eyes on, clutch, collocate, color filter, commercial, commercial announcement, complication, condition, connection, corner, crumb, crunch, cut, dab, dabble, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, dash, daub, define, delimit, demarcate, deploy, descry, designless, detect, determinate, diagnose, dilemma, dimmer, dirty, discern, discolor, discoloration, discover, disparagement, display, dispose, distinguish, district, dole, dollop, dot, dottedness, double-dot display, draft, dram, dredge, drench, dribble, driblet, drink, drop, dust, dwarf, earmark, echo, echo signal, embarrassing position, embarrassment, emplace, emplacement, encounter, engrave, engraving, eruptions, espy, estate, eyesore, farthing, fine how-do-you-do, finger, fix, flake, fleck, flick, floats, flood, floodlight, flour, flyspeck, footing, footlights, foots, fragment, freckle, freckliness, gargle, gash, gelatin, get a fix, glimpse, gobbet, grain, granule, graving, groat, guzzle, hack, hair, handful, haphazard, harlequin, hatch, have, have in sight, hell to pay, hit, hit-or-miss, hobble, hole, home in on, home on, hot water, how-do-you-do, identify, imbroglio, impress, imprint, imputation, install, intersperse, iota, iris, irregular, jam, jigger, jolt, jot, ken, klieg light, know, know again, latitude and longitude, lay eyes on, lentigo, libation, lieu, light plot, lights, limelight, line, little, little bit, lob, local oscillator signal, locale, locality, localize, locate, location, locus, look on, look upon, lot, lota, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, make out, map, marble, marbleize, mark, mark of Cain, mark off, mark out, marking, marquee, medium, meet with, mess, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, mix, modality, mode, modicum, mole, molecule, morass, morsel, mote, motley, mottle, mottledness, nail, navigate, nevus, nick, nip, notch, notice, nutshell, observe, odium, office, onus, ounce, output signal, parlous straits, particle, pass, patch, pebble, peg, pencil, pepper, perceive, pick out, pick up, pickle, picture, pillorying, pimple, pin down, pinch, pinpoint, pips, pittance, place, placement, plight, plug, point, point champain, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, position, post, posture, potation, potion, powder, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, prick, print, pull, punch, punctuate, puncture, put in place, quagmire, quandary, quarter, quicksand, radar signal, rainbow, rank, reading, realize, recall knowledge of, receive, recognize, reflection, region, reidentify, reprimand, reproach, return, return signal, riddle, round, round of drinks, scan, scar, scarification, scarify, scene, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, scratching, scruple, seal, seam, section, sector, see, sense, setting, shot, sight, signal, signal display, single out, sip, site, situate, situation, situs, slapdash, slough, slubber, slug, slur, smear, smidgen, smidgin, smirch, smitch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, snifter, snort, soil, soilage, soilure, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, splotch, spoonful, spot announcement, spotlight, spots, spottedness, spottiness, spray, sprinkle, spy, squeeze, stain, stamp, standing, state, station, status, stead, stew, sticky wicket, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strait, straits, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stud, suck, sully, sup, swamp, sweep, swig, swill, taint, take in, target image, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, tell, tessellate, thimbleful, tick, tick off, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tiny bit, tittle, tot, trace, transmitter signal, triangulate, tricky spot, trifling amount, trigger, trivia, tune in, turn up, twig, unconsidered, underline, underscore, unholy mess, unplanned, variegate, vein, video signal, view, watermark, wet, where, whereabout, whereabouts, whit, witness, zero in on
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒt
