Crossword clues for spotted
spotted
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spotting.]
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 garment; to spot paper.
To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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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.
Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. ``The
spotted panther.''
--Spenser.
Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ( Flindersia maculosa); -- so called because its bark falls off in spots.
Wiktionary
1 discolour by spots; stained. 2 (''no comparative or superlative'') Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants). v
(en-past of: spot)
WordNet
n. a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" [syn: topographic point, place]
a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
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" [syn: speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation]
a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program"
an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" [syn: point]
a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, billet, place, situation]
a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism" [syn: touch]
a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper" [syn: bit]
a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn: pip]
a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [syn: spotlight]
a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight spot"
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, stain]
adj. having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a black-and-white spotted cow" [syn: patched]
especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" [syn: besmirched, damaged, flyblown, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished]
mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: blemish]
make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: fleck, blob, blot]
become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
See spot
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "spotted".
I spotted the Lok-Teel, looked at Shropana, then slipped the ambulatory mold in my pocket.
As he passed an archway to his right, he spotted a headless body upon the floor.
Among the crocheted doilies of missionary artisanship and hammered copper plates representing idealized tribal maidens or trumpeting elephants that were African bourgeois taste, there hung in the dimness Edward Lear watercolours of Italy and Stubbs sporting prints swollen with humidity and spotted as blighted leaves.
They had lost him in Naples, but an NCIS agent had been waiting on the autostrada and had spotted him, and they had picked him up again south of Caserta.
Dirrach did not step outside his chamber until he spotted Bardel near the vineyards with the outlanders.
Esmay moved to a seat midway up on the left side, and then spotted Barin, front row right, already seated and looking compact and composed.
Then I spotted the microcube barnacled to the computer: She had been recording.
Blood spotted the sheet over him and blotched the rags thrown down near a water pitcher not far away, and the threadbare nightshirt he wore was damp with sweat.
Buffy spotted Xander taking out a Bringer with a hard elbow across the face.
But after a brief search they spotted it hiding in brushy cover, not far from a cleared construction site.
Two dark eyes shone from the depths of the cowl, and the lips that curled around the malformed jaw were spotted with yellow blisters.
Lewis, who was spotted from the explosion, did nothing but rock manically on his heels, lips pursed, prepared, like a tiger-cat, to pounce.
Several times Manny spotted heavy-shouldered men with light-colored hair.
As they came out under the clouds, Manny spotted a blue-gray tear in the overcast sky off to the right through which sunlight streamed, illuminating what seemed to be a carpet of white birches.
Lo Manto stepped out into the glaring sun, walking past the House of the Gems, when he spotted the man with the backpack.