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Spots

noun

1.

Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens. Synonyms: floater, musca volitans, muscae volitantes.

Spot

noun

1.

A point located with respect to surface features of some region. Synonyms: place, topographic point. "A bright spot on a planet"

2.

A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising.

3.

An outstanding characteristic. Synonym: point.

4.

A blemish made by dirt. Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge.

5.

A small contrasting part of something. Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle. "A leopard's spots" , "A patch of clouds" , "Patches of thin ice" , "A fleck of red"

6.

A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance.

7.

A business establishment for entertainment.

8.

A job in an organization. Synonyms: berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation.

9.

A slight attack of illness. Synonym: touch.

10.

A small piece or quantity of something. Synonym: bit. "A bit of paper" , "A bit of lint" , "I gave him a bit of my mind"

11.

A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit). Synonym: pip.

12.

A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer. Synonym: spotlight.

13.

A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value.

14.

An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, stain.

verb

(past & past part. spotted; pres. part. spotting)

1.

Catch sight of. Synonyms: descry, espy, spy.

2.

Detect with the senses. Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, tell apart. "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

3.

Mar or impair with a flaw. Synonym: blemish.

4.

Make a spot or mark onto. Synonyms: blob, blot, fleck.

5.

Become spotted.

6.

Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition.

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"Spots" Quotes from Famous Books

... did not much fancy having his prize counted so meanly. He immediately proceeded to bite the coin, and then started to ringing it on the hard surface of the oak table that had all the scorched spots ...

— Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys - The Birch Bark Lodge • Silas K. Boone

... to fall back upon this venerable subject (which should only be broached in the wilds of Cornwall, or other equally primitive spots), of course you can speak of a hard frost being "an ice day for a hunting-man, although he is sure to swear at it." If the weather breaks, you may observe, "You thaw so," but not when you have to shout the ...

— Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 100., Jan. 17, 1891 • Various

... was successful, and he was about to extinguish the burning end when he hesitated and held it until the fire touched his flesh. Mary Standish was coming through the door. Amazed by the suddenness of her appearance, he made no movement except to drop the match. Her eyes were flaming, and two vivid spots burned in her cheeks. She saw him and gave the slightest inclination to her head as she passed. When she had gone, he could not resist looking into the salon. As he expected, Rossland was seated in a chair next to the one she ...

— The Alaskan • James Oliver Curwood

... sunny—it seems to me that the man what says, yes, he knows one side is shady an' troublous, but that he thinks it'll be healthier an' happier for him an' everybody else 'round him if he walks on the sunny side, an' then WALKS THERE— it seems to me he's got the spots all knocked off that feller what says ...

— Dawn • Eleanor H. Porter

... sparsely growing great trees, with trunks singed by the fire. Under the shade of one of them grazed a flock of antelopes which from the shape of their bodies resembled horses, and from their heads buffaloes. The sun penetrating through the baobab leaves cast quivering bright spots upon their brown backs. There were ten of them. The distance was not more than one hundred paces, but the wind blew from the animals towards the ravine, so they grazed quietly, not suspecting any danger. Stas, desiring to replenish his supplies ...

— In Desert and Wilderness • Henryk Sienkiewicz

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