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blot
- /blɒt/ UK
- /blɑt/ US
Rhymes with -ɒt
Where it comes from
From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”).
noun blots
- A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. England bound in with the triumphant ſea, / Whoſe rocky ſhore beates backe the enuious ſiedge / Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with ſhame, / With Inky blottes, and rotten Parchment bonds.
- A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. Thy ouerflow of good, conuerts to bad, / And thy abundant goodneſſe ſhall excuſe / This deadly blot, in thy digreſſing ſonne.
- A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
- An exposed piece in backgammon.
verb blots · blotting · blotted
- To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- To soak up or absorb liquid. This paper blots easily.
- To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore,[…]
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To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
It blots thy beautie, as froſts doe bite the Meads,[…]
Similar: dirty, pollute, ruin, ball up, blight, bumble, botch, bugger up, bungle, contaminate, corrupt, crab
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To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood.
Similar: blemish, infamize, stain, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray
- To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out. to blot out a word or a sentence
- To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. He ſung how Earth blots the Moons gilded Wane,[…]
- To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push. I'm walking down the street, past the coppers on the beat. Past the shotters blottin' weed, clear for everyone to see.
- To hit a blot.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: stain, fleck, smirch, smudge, smear, blob, spot, daub, slur, blemish, slick, wipe, birthmark, taint, scourge, mark
Translations
Every language
noun blemish, spot or stain
| Español | mancha, mácula, parchón, manchurrón |
|---|---|
| Português | mancha, borrão |
| Français | tache, pâté |
| Deutsch | Fleck, Klecks |
| Italiano | macchia |
| Русский | пятно́ pjatnó, кля́кса kljáksa |
noun stain on someone's reputation or character
| Español | desdoro |
|---|---|
| Português | mácula |
| Français | souillure |
| Deutsch | Schandfleck |
| Русский | позо́р pozór, пятно́ pjatnó |
verb to cause a blot
| Español | emborronar, manchar |
|---|---|
| Português | manchar, borrar |
| Français | tacher |
| Deutsch | beflecken, kleckern |
| Italiano | macchiare |
| Română | păta |
verb intransitive: to absorb liquid
| Italiano | assorbire |
|---|
verb to hide, obscure or obliterate
| Deutsch | ablöschen |
|---|
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title = {blot},
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