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What's The Definition Of Spot?
[n] an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
[n] [n] a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot" [n] a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight spot" [n] a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [n] 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" [n] a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [n] an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" [n] a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program" [n] a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising [n] a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [n] a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" [n] (British) a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper" [n] a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism" [v] mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify" [v] become spotted; "This dress spots quickly" [v] make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [v] mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [v] catch sight of Synonyms | Synonyms for Spot: berth | bit | blemish | blob | blot | blot | blot | dapple | daub | descry | espy | fleck | fleck | maculation | office | patch | pip | place | place | point | position | post | situation | slur | smear | smear | smirch | smirch | smudge | speckle | spotlight | spy | stain | topographic point | touch Related Terms | Find terms related to Spot: See Also | academicianship | accountantship | admiralty | ambassadorship | apostleship | apprenticeship | attack | attorneyship | bailiffship | begrime | bemire | bespatter | bespeckle | birthplace | bishopry | blemish | blotch | business | business establishment | cabaret | cadetship | caliphate | captaincy | captainship | cardinalship | chairmanship | chancellorship | change | change surface | chaplaincy | chaplainship | characteristic | chieftaincy | chieftainship | clerkship | clip joint | cloud | club | colly | commandership | comptrollership | consulship | controllership | councillorship | councilorship | counsellorship | counselorship | crest | crown | curacy | curatorship | custodianship | dapple | deanery | deanship | defect | defile | directorship | dirty | discipleship | editorship | eight-spot | eldership | emirate | end | error | fault | fingermark | fingerprint | five-spot | foremanship | four-spot | fox | freckle | generalship | governorship | grave | grime | headship | heights | hiding place | high | holy | holy place | hot seat | hot spot | hotspot | incumbency | inkblot | inspectorship | instructorship | internship | job | joint | judgeship | judgship | judicature | junction | lamp | lectureship | legateship | legation | legislatorship | librarianship | lieutenancy | line | line of work | macula | macula | maculate | macule | magistracy | managership | mark | mark | marker | marking | marking | mecca | mistake | mock sun | mottle | nebula | nesting place | nightclub | nightspot | nine-spot | occupation | overlook | parhelion | peak | pinpoint | place of birth | place of business | plaque | playing card | playing card | point | polling place | polling station | pool | puddle | rendezvous | sanctum | scour | section | service area | seven-spot | showplace | sight | six-spot | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity | soil | solitude | spatter | speck | speckle | splodge | splotch | splotch | stop | subdivision | sully | summit | sundog | sunspot | target | target area | tarnish | ten-spot | theater light | tip | tomb | top Spot In Webster's Dictionary \Spot\, a.
Lit., being on the spot, or place; hence (Com.), on hand for
immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as,
spot wheat.
\Spot\, 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. Out, damned spot! Out, I say! --Shak. 2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope. 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. 4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. ``Fixed to one spot.'' --Otway. That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton. ``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.'' --Wordsworth. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. 6. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A sci[ae]noid 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}. 7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant] {Crescent spot} (Zo["o]l.), any butterfly of the family {Melit[ae]id[ae]} 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 ilumination; -- called also {spotted lens}. {Spot rump} (Zo["o]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa h[ae]mastica}). {Spots on the sun}. (Astron.) See {Sun spot}, ander {Sun}. {On}, or {Upon}, {the spot}, immediately; before moving; without changing place. It was determined upon the spot. --Swift. Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish; place; site; locality. \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 garnment; to spot paper. 2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant] 3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain. --Sir P. Sidney. If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl. {To spot timber}, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing. \Spot\, v. i. To become stained with spots. |
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