Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked or stained with spots.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Marked with a spot or spots; dotted or sprinkled with spots: as, the spotted leopard.
- Distributed in separate places or spots: said of a mineral vein when the ore which it carries is very irregularly distributed through the workings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Marked with spots.
- adjective (Med.) a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis.
- adjective (Bot.) an Australian tree (
Flindersia maculosa ); -- so called because its bark falls off in spots.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Discoloured by spots;stained . - adjective Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
spot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
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Examples
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I. i.110 (8,2) [spotted] As _spotless_ is innocent, so _spotted_ is wicked.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Fortunately, while driving home after picking up her children at school, Kristin spotted us parked at the side of a country road (trying to interpret that infamous map!) and led us the rest of the way, getting there just a few minutes before your arrival.
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I have been told the Lyme disease thing is overblown and the real thing to worry about is rocky mountain spotted fever.
Has any of you guys ever had Lyme or othe tick borne disease? My DR. 2009
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I have been told the Lyme disease thing is overblown and the real thing to worry about is rocky mountain spotted fever.
Has any of you guys ever had Lyme or othe tick borne disease? My DR. 2009
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And Call Me Conrad; once again spotted by my German visitor (could it be Mrs Tilton?).
Book meme - the answers djm4 2009
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Fortunately, while driving home after picking up her children at school, Kristin spotted us parked at the side of a country road (trying to interpret that infamous map!) and led us the rest of the way, getting there just a few minutes before your arrival.
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Yes | No | Report from Elmer Fudd wrote 29 weeks 4 days ago rocky mountain spotted fever is even worse, but generally you hear of cases in your area to worry about that
hey i just got a nest of deer ticks on me but i cant c them any more how do i get them off 2009
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Fortunately, while driving home after picking up her children at school, Kristin spotted us parked at the side of a country road (trying to interpret that infamous map!) and led us the rest of the way, getting there just a few minutes before your arrival.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Yes | No | Report from Elmer Fudd wrote 29 weeks 4 days ago rocky mountain spotted fever is even worse, but generally you hear of cases in your area to worry about that
hey i just got a nest of deer ticks on me but i cant c them any more how do i get them off 2009
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The two were again spotted at several benefits and events showing a very affectionate bond between each other.
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