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Found 6 hits - Term: spot, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spot \spot\ spo^t, n. cf. scot.  d. spat, dan. spette, sw.
   spott spittle, slaver; from the root of e. spit. see spit
   to eject from the mouth, and cf. spatter.
   1. a mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
      blot; a place discolored.
      1913 webster

            out, damned spot out, i say         --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a stain on character or reputation; something that soils
      purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
      1913 webster

            yet chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. a small part of a different color from the main part, or
      from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
      leopard; the spots on a playing card.
      1913 webster

   4. a small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
      "fixed to one spot." --otway.
      1913 webster

            that spot to which i point is paradise. --milton.
      1913 webster

            "a jolly place," said he, "in times of old
            but something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   5. zool. a variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called
      from a spot on its head just above its beak.
      1913 webster

   6. zool.
      a a sciaenoid food fish liostomus xanthurus of the
          atlantic coast of the united states. it has a black
          spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
          bars on the sides. called also goody, lafayette,
          masooka, and old wife.
      b the southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
          on each side at the base of the tail. see redfish.
          1913 webster

   7. pl. commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
      immediate delivery. broker's cant
      1913 webster

   crescent spot zool., any butterfly of the family
      melitaeidae having crescent-shaped white spots along the
      margins of the red or brown wings.

   spot lens microscopy, a condensing lens in which the
      light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
      small, round diaphragm the spot, and used in dark-field
      illumination; -- called also spotted lens.

   spot rump zool., the hudsonian godwit limosa
      haemastica.

   spots on the sun. astron. see sun spot, ander sun.

   on the spot, or upon the spot, immediately; before
      moving; without changing place; as, he made his decision
      on the spot.

            it was determined upon the spot.      --swift.
      1913 webster

   syn: stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
        blemish; place; site; locality.
        1913 webster
see also:
spit spatter liostomus xanthurus goody lafayette masooka 
old wife redfish crescent spot melitaeidae spot lens 
spotted lens spot rump limosa haemastica spots on the sun sun spot 
sun on the spot upon the spot 
[2] : 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
      to detect; as, to spot a criminal. cant
      1913 webster

   3. to stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
      as reputation; to asperse.
      1913 webster

            my virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
                                                  --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
      1913 webster

            if ever i shall close these eyes but once,
            may i live spotted for my perjury.    --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   to spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
      hewing.
      1913 webster
see also:
spotted spotting to spot timber 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spot \spot\, v. i.
   to become stained with spots.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spot \spot\ spo^t, a.
   lit., being on the spot, or place; hence com., on hand for
   immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as,
   spot wheat.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spot
     n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some
          region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" syn: topographic
          point, place
     2: a short section or illustration as between radio or tv
        programs or in a magazine that is often used for
        advertising
     3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" syn:
         smudge, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
     4: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a
        leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin
        ice"; "a fleck of red" syn: speckle, dapple, patch,
         fleck, maculation
     5: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific
        performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the
        program"
     6: an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the
        high points of the movie" syn: point
     7: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
     8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
        treasury" syn: position, post, berth, office, billet,
         place, situation
     9: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"
        syn: touch
     10: a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper" syn: bit
     11: a mark on a playing card shape depending on the suit syn:
          pip
     12: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a
         restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage
         performer syn: spotlight
     13: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to
         indicate its value; "an eight spot"
     14: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
         made a huge blot on his copybook" syn: blot, smear,
         smirch, stain
     v 1: catch sight of syn: descry, espy, spy
     2: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" syn: blemish
     3: make a spot or mark onto; "the wine spotted the tablecloth"
        syn: fleck, blob, blot
     4: become spotted; "this dress spots quickly"
     5: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition;
        "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
     also: spotting, spotted
see also:
topographic point place smudge blot daub smear 
smirch slur speckle dapple patch 
fleck maculation point position post 
berth office billet situation touch 
bit pip spotlight stain descry 
espy spy blemish blob spotting 
spotted 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
494 moby thesaurus words for "spot":
   crt spot, dm display, doppler signal, if signal, im display,
   rf echoes, 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





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Liver Spot, definition of term: Liver Spot
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Blind Spot, definition of term: Blind Spot
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Hot Spot >> H Words
Hot Spot, definition of term: Hot Spot
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On The Spot >> O Words
On The Spot, definition of term: On The Spot
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