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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



... sceptical. "Maybe I've something to learn yet," he said tolerantly. "But it's my impression that for sheer mischief and double-dealing he could knock spots off any other human ...
— Charles Rex • Ethel M. Dell
... sunset pretending to be a spindle-tree, scattering flecks of red and yellow light upon the ground, till the grass threw up a reflection of the tree, as a cloud in the east will reflect another in the west. But when Maudlin came riding the spots of light upon the ground were little pointed leaves, and the sunset a little tree as round as a clipped yew, mottled like an artist's palette with every shade from primrose to orange and from ...
— Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard • Eleanor Farjeon
... is remarkable: it is white with the exception of the circumferences of the eyes, the ears, the shoulders, and the lower part of the neck which are entirely black. These stand out clearly on a groundwork of slightly yellowish-white; the spots round the eyes are circular, and give a strange aspect to the animal; those on the shoulders represent a sort of band placed transversely across the withers, widening as they descend downwards to lower limbs. The hinder limbs are also black from the lower part of the thigh ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale
... every vessel carrying merchandise in that direction was regarded as legitimate prey. The next step to closing the sea by means of {152} the superiority of the Portuguese vessels was to build fortresses in spots commanding the trade routes. This was why Albuquerque laid such weight on the necessity of building a fortress at Ormuz, and of endeavouring to ...
— Rulers of India: Albuquerque • Henry Morse Stephens
... able to discuss Shakespeare and Walter Scott, but the latest English novel appearing in translation as a feuilleton. It is well that these small officials should have such resources. Tied down as they are to remote country spots, their existence is often monotonous enough, especially during ...
— East of Paris - Sketches in the Gatinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne • Matilda Betham-Edwards


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