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Blot

Blot Meaning & Definition
Blot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blot?

[n] an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
[n] a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
[v] make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
[v] dry (ink) with blotting paper

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blot: blob | daub | fleck | slur | smear | smear | smirch | smirch | smudge | spot | spot | spot | stain

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blot: absorb | adsorb | air-dry | anhydrate | annihilate | aspersion | assimilate | attaint | baboon | badge of infamy | bag | bake | bar sinister | baton | bedarken | bend sinister | besmirch | bespatter | bespeckle | bespot | bestain | black | black eye | black mark | blacken | blackwash | blemish | bloodstain | blot out | blot up | blotch | blotting | blotting out | blow upon | blur | brand | broad arrow | brush | burn | cancel | cancellation | censure | champain | charcoal | chemisorb | chemosorb | conceal | cork | cover up | cross out | cure | dab | darken | daub | deface | defame | defect | defile | dehumidify | dehydrate | dele | delete | deletion | demolish | denigrate | desiccate | destroy | digest | dim | dinge | disapprove | discolor | disfigure | disfigurement | disparage | disparagement | dog | drain | drink | drink in | drink up | dry | dysphemize | ebonize | eclipse | efface | effacement | engross | erase | erasure | err | evaporate | expose | expose to infamy | expunction | expunge | exsiccate | eyesore | filter in | fire | flaw | fleck | flick | flyspeck | freckle | fright | gargoyle | gibbet | hag | hang in effigy | harridan | hide | imbibe | imputation | infiltrate | ink | insolate | kiln | look a fright | look a mess | look bad | look like hell | look something terrible | macula | maculate | maculation | macule | mar | mark | mark of Cain | melanize | mess | monster | monstrosity | mummify | murk | nigrify | no beauty | obliterate | obliteration | obscure | odium | offend | offend the eye | onus | osmose | oversmoke | parch | patch | percolate in | pillory | pillorying | point champain | raze | reflection | reprimand | reproach | rub | rub out | rule out | scar | scarecrow | scorch | scratch | scratch out | scrubbing | sear | seep in | shade | shadow | shrivel | sight | sin | slur | slurp up | smear | smirch | smoke | smouch | smudge | smut | smutch | soak in | soak up | soil | soilage | soilure | soot | sorb | spatter | speck | speckle | splash | splatter | splotch | spoil | sponge | sponge out | spot | stain | stigma | stigmatism | stigmatization | stigmatize | strike out | sully | sun | sun-dry | swab | swill up | taint | take in | take up | tarnish | teratism | torrefy | towel | transgress | uglify | ugly duckling | vilify | washing out | weazen | wipe | wipe out | wiping out | witch | wither | wizen

See Also | absorb | bespatter | bespeckle | blemish | blotch | change surface | defect | defile | draw | error | fault | fingermark | fingerprint | imbibe | inkblot | maculate | mistake | soak up | sop up | spatter | speckle | splodge | splotch | splotch | suck | suck up | sully | take in | take up | tarnish

Blot In Webster's Dictionary

\Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.] 1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. --Gascoigne. 2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. --Shak. 3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace. Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe. 4. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses. One act like this blots out a thousand crimes. --Dryden. 5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. --Cowley. 6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper. Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish; disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.
\Blot\, v. i. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
\Blot\, n. [Cf. Icel. blettr, Dan. plet.] 1. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. ``Inky blots and rotten parchment bonds.'' --Shak. 2. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. --Dryden. 3. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. This deadly blot in thy digressing son. --Shak.
\Blot\, n. [Cf. Dan. blot bare, naked, Sw. blott, d. bloot, G. bloss, and perh. E. bloat.] 1. (Backgammon) (a) An exposure of a single man to be taken up. (b) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up. He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit. --Dryden. 2. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

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