What is the meaning of spotted?

verb

  • Catch sight of.
  • Detect with the senses.
    • usage: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
  • Mar or impair with a flaw.
    • usage: "her face was blemished"
  • Make a spot or mark onto.
    • usage: "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
  • Become spotted.
    • usage: "This dress spots quickly"
  • Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition.
    • usage: "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

adjective

  • Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture. )
    • usage: "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"
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