stipple
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
engrave by means of dots and flicks
Types & categories
- etch hypernym
Related & opposite
- artistic creation domain topic
Sense 2 verb
make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
Types & categories
- paint hypernym
Related & opposite
- stippler derivation
- artistic creation domain topic
Sense 3 verb
apply (paint) in small dots or strokes
Types & categories
- paint hypernym
Related & opposite
- stippler derivation
Sense 4 verb
produce a mottled effect
The sunlight stippled the trees
Types & categories
- dapple hypernym
Related & opposite
- maculation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | artistic creation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | etch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stippler |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | artistic creation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | paint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stippler |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | paint |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | maculation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dapple |