blot
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a blemish made by dirt
he had a smudge on his cheek
Types & categories
- blemish hypernym
- blotch hyponym
- fingermark hyponym
- inkblot hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
dry (ink) with blotting paper
Types & categories
- soak up hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
he made a huge blot on his copybook
Types & categories
- mistake hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make a spot or mark onto
The wine spotted the tablecloth
Types & categories
- change surface hypernym
- splotch hyponym
- tarnish hyponym
- bespeckle hyponym
- bespatter hyponym
Related & opposite
- spotting derivation
- maculation derivation
- blot derivation
- blob derivation
- stain verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spot |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smudge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smear |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smirch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fleck |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smudgy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blemish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blotch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fingermark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inkblot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blotter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | soak up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slander |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tarnish |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mistake |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spotting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | maculation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blob |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | stain |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change surface |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | splotch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tarnish |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bespeckle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bespatter |