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blotch

(blŏch)

1. A spot or blot; a splotch.

2. A discoloration on the skin; a blemish.

3. Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi or bacteria and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit.

tr. & intr.v. blotched, blotch·ing, blotch·es

To mark or become marked with blotches.

[Probably blend of blot and botch.]

blotch′i·ly adv.

blotch′i·ness n.

blotch′y adj.

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blotch

(blɒtʃ)

an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain

1. to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration

2. (intr) (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches

[C17: probably from botch, influenced by blot¹]

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blotch

(blɒtʃ)
n.

1. a large, irregular spot or blot; stain.

2. a discolored spot on the skin; blemish.

3. any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and characterized by cankers and lesions.

v.t.

4. to mark with blotches.

[1595–1605]

blotch•y, adj. blotch•i•er, blotch•i•est.

blotch′i•ly, adv.

blotch

Past participle: blotched
Gerund: blotching

Imperative
blotch
blotch

Present
I blotch
you blotch
he/she/it blotches
we blotch
you blotch
they blotch

Preterite
I blotched
you blotched
he/she/it blotched
we blotched
you blotched
they blotched

Present Continuous
I am blotching
you are blotching
he/she/it is blotching
we are blotching
you are blotching
they are blotching

Present Perfect
I have blotched
you have blotched
he/she/it has blotched
we have blotched
you have blotched
they have blotched

Past Continuous
I was blotching
you were blotching
he/she/it was blotching
we were blotching
you were blotching
they were blotching

Past Perfect
I had blotched
you had blotched
he/she/it had blotched
we had blotched
you had blotched
they had blotched

Future
I will blotch
you will blotch
he/she/it will blotch
we will blotch
you will blotch
they will blotch

Future Perfect
I will have blotched
you will have blotched
he/she/it will have blotched
we will have blotched
you will have blotched
they will have blotched

Future Continuous
I will be blotching
you will be blotching
he/she/it will be blotching
we will be blotching
you will be blotching
they will be blotching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blotching
you have been blotching
he/she/it has been blotching
we have been blotching
you have been blotching
they have been blotching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blotching
you will have been blotching
he/she/it will have been blotching
we will have been blotching
you will have been blotching
they will have been blotching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blotching
you had been blotching
he/she/it had been blotching
we had been blotching
you had been blotching
they had been blotching

Conditional
I would blotch
you would blotch
he/she/it would blotch
we would blotch
you would blotch
they would blotch

Past Conditional
I would have blotched
you would have blotched
he/she/it would have blotched
we would have blotched
you would have blotched
they would have blotched

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Noun	1.	blotch - an irregularly shaped spot splodge, splotch blot, smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
Verb	1.	blotch - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained mottle, streak color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

blotch

noun mark, spot, patch, splash, stain, blot, smudge, blemish, splodge, smirch, smutch His face was covered in red blotches.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

blotch

noun

A discolored mark made by smearing:

blot, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain.

verb

To mark or soil with spots:

bespatter, spatter, splatter, splotch, spot.

Translations

بُقْعَةٌ

skvrna

mærkeplet

blettur, útbrot

plankums

blotch

[blɒtʃ] N [of ink, colour] → mancha f; (on skin) → mancha f, erupción f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blotch

[ˈblɒtʃ] n (= mark) → tache f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blotch

n (on skin) → Fleck m; (of ink, colour also) → Klecks m

vt paper, written work → beklecksen, Flecken machen auf (+acc); skin → fleckig werden lassen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blotch

[blɒtʃ] n (of ink, colour) → macchia, chiazza; (on skin) → chiazza

blotch

(blotʃ) noun

a discoloured mark. Those red blotches on her face are very ugly.

blotch

n. marca, roncha o área descolorida de la piel.

blotch

n (derm) mancha, roncha

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But in my face do I feel through thy hand, two spots and red blotches itch!

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It was a very dark miserable place, very low and very damp: the walls disfigured by a thousand rents and blotches. The water was trickling out of a leaky butt, and a most wretched cat was lapping up the drops with the sickly eagerness of starvation.

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But Hetty objected to it because it had numerous dim blotches sprinkled over the mirror, which no rubbing would remove, and because, instead of swinging backwards and forwards, it was fixed in an upright position, so that she could only get one good view of her head and neck, and that was to be had only by sitting down on a low chair before her dressing-table.

Then she drew forth a bundle of matches and lighted the candles; and last of all, a small red-framed shilling looking-glass, without blotches. It was into this small glass that she chose to look first after seating herself.

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Blotches of green and crimson drifted across my eyes.

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the face of the Scarecrow and many portions of his body bore great blotches of putz-pomade; for the Tin Woodman, in his eagerness to welcome his friend, had quite forgotten the condition of his toilet and had rubbed the thick coating of paste from his own body to that of his comrade.

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On the window seat there stood a geranium diseased with yellow blotches, which had overspread all its leaves.

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In front, upon a raised platform behind a rail, sat a stout, florid-faced personage, with a nose broken out in purple blotches.

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It can be susceptible to the lilac leaf mining moth - brown blotches on the leaf or the leaf will roll up.

PLANT OF THE WEEK

It can be susceptible to the lilac leaf mining moth - you will notice brown blotches on the leaf or the leaf will roll up.

Syringa vulgaris - lilac; PLANT of the week

Check winter pansies for the dark blotches of black spot and the paler coloured symptoms of downy mildew.

Jobs for the week; Gardening

Pigment Phenomenon--We've seen lots of largemouth and smallmouth bass with black blotches on their bodies.