FLECK
Dictionary entry overview: What does fleck mean?
• FLECK (noun)
The noun FLECK has 2 senses:
1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
2. a small contrasting part of something
Familiarity information: FLECK used as a noun is rare.
• FLECK (verb)
The verb FLECK has 1 sense:
1. make a spot or mark onto
Familiarity information: FLECK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FLECK (noun)
Meaning:
A small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
scrap; fleck; chip; bit; flake
Context example:
a bit of rock caught him in the eye
Hypernyms ("fleck" is a kind of...):
fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fleck"):
sliver; splinter (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)
scurf ((botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts)
exfoliation; scale; scurf (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)
matchwood (fragments of wood)
Meaning:
A small contrasting part of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
dapple; maculation; patch; speckle; fleck; spot
Context examples:
a bald spot / a leopard's spots / a patch of clouds / patches of thin ice / a fleck of red
Hypernyms ("fleck" is a kind of...):
marking (a pattern of marks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fleck"):
pinpoint; speck (a very small spot)
nebula ((pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea)
splash (a patch of bright color)
fret; worn spot (a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion)
plaque ((pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body)
macula; macule (a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases)
• FLECK (verb)
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 "fleck" 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 "fleck"):
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
