noun
- A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
- usage: "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
- A small contrasting part of something.
- usage: "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
- synonyms: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, maculation
verb
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