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speck·le
(spĕk′əl)n.
A speck or small spot, as a natural dot of color on skin, plumage, or foliage.
[Middle English spakle.]
speck′le v.
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speckle
(ˈspɛkəl)n
a small or slight mark usually of a contrasting colour, as on the skin, a bird's plumage, or eggs
vb
(tr) to mark with or as if with speckles
[C15: from Middle Dutch spekkel; see speck]
ˈspeckled adj
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speck•le
(ˈspɛk əl)n., v. -led, -ling. n.
1. a small speck, spot, or mark.
2. speckled coloring or marking.
v.t. 3. to mark with or as if with speckles.
[1400–50; probably < Middle Dutch spekkel, akin to speck]
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speckle
Past participle: speckled
Gerund: speckling
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| Noun | 1. |  speckle - 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"marking - a pattern of marks nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea splash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases mock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots facula - a bright spot on a planet |
| Verb | 1. | speckle - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" |
| 2. |  speckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" |
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speckle
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Translations
بُقْعَه، رَقْشَه
tečka
plet
doppa, díll
raibumiņštraipiņš
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
speckle
vt → sprenkeln; to be speckled with something → mit etw gesprenkelt sein; to be speckled with brown → braun gesprenkelt sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
speckle
(ˈspekl) noun a little spot on a different-coloured background. The eggs were pale blue with dark green speckles.
ˈspeckled adjective marked with speckles.
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