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FLECK

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 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)


Sense 1fleck [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 2fleck [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 1fleck [BACK TO TOP]

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


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