BLOT (blotted, blotting)
Dictionary entry overview: What does blot mean?
• BLOT (noun)
The noun BLOT has 2 senses:
1. a blemish made by dirt
2. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Familiarity information: BLOT used as a noun is rare.
• BLOT (verb)
The verb BLOT has 2 senses:
1. dry (ink) with blotting paper
2. make a spot or mark onto
Familiarity information: BLOT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLOT (noun)
Meaning:
A blemish made by dirt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
blot; smirch; daub; smudge; spot; smear; slur
Context example:
he had a smudge on his cheek
Hypernyms ("blot" is a kind of...):
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blot"):
blotch; splodge; splotch (an irregularly shaped spot)
fingermark; fingerprint (a smudge made by a (dirty) finger)
inkblot (a blot made with ink)
Meaning:
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
blot; smirch; smear; stain; spot
Context example:
he made a huge blot on his copybook
Hypernyms ("blot" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
• BLOT (verb)
Meaning:
Dry (ink) with blotting paper
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "blot" is one way to...):
absorb; draw; imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck; suck up; take in; take up (take in, also metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make a spot or mark onto
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
blob; fleck; blot; spot
Context example:
The wine spotted the tablecloth
Hypernyms (to "blot" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blot"):
splotch (blotch or spot)
defile; maculate; stain; sully; tarnish (make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically)
bespeckle; speckle (mark with small spots)
bespatter; spatter (spot, splash, or soil)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
