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speckle
Overview of noun speckle
The noun speckle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation -- (a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red")
Overview of verb speckle
The verb speckle has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. stipple, speckle -- (produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees")
2. speckle, bespeckle -- (mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun speckle
1 sense of speckle
Sense 1
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
=> marking
=> design, pattern, figure
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun speckle
1 sense of speckle
Sense 1
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
=> speck, pinpoint
=> nebula
=> splash
=> worn spot, fret
=> plaque
=> macule, macula
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun speckle
1 sense of speckle
Sense 1
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
=> marking
Antonyms of noun speckle
Member Holonyms of noun speckle
Substance Holonyms of noun speckle
Part Holonyms of noun speckle
Member Meronyms of noun speckle
Substance Meronyms of noun speckle
Part Meronyms of noun speckle
Meronyms of noun speckle
Holonyms of noun speckle
Attributes of noun speckle
Derived Forms of noun speckle
1 sense of speckle
Sense 1
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
RELATED TO>(verb) speckle#2
=> speckle, bespeckle
RELATED TO>(verb) speckle#1
=> stipple, speckle
Domain of noun speckle
Domain Terms of noun speckle
Familiarity of noun speckle
speckle used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun speckle
1 sense of speckle
Sense 1
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
> marking
=> blaze
=> crisscross, cross, mark
=> eyespot, ocellus
=> shading
=> spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
=> stripe, streak
Meronyms of noun speckle
1 sense of speckle
Sense 1
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
=> marking
=> design, pattern, figure
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun speckle
Grep of noun speckle
speckle
speckled alder
speckled rattlesnake
speckled trout
Antonyms of verb speckle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb speckle
2 senses of speckle
Sense 1
stipple, speckle
=> mottle, dapple, cloud
=> spot
=> mark
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
speckle, bespeckle
=> spot, fleck, blob, blot
=> change surface
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb speckle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb speckle
2 senses of speckle
Sense 1
stipple, speckle
=> mottle, dapple, cloud
Sense 2
speckle, bespeckle
=> spot, fleck, blob, blot
'Cause To' of verb speckle
Derived Forms of verb speckle
2 senses of speckle
Sense 1
stipple, speckle
RELATED TO>(noun) speckle#1
=> spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
Sense 2
speckle, bespeckle
RELATED TO>(noun) speckle#1
=> spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
Domain of verb speckle
Domain Terms of verb speckle
Familiarity of verb speckle
speckle used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb speckle
2 senses of speckle
Sense 1
stipple, speckle
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
speckle, bespeckle
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb speckle
2 senses of speckle
Sense 1
stipple, speckle
> mottle, dapple, cloud
=> harlequin
=> stipple, speckle
Sense 2
speckle, bespeckle
> spot, fleck, blob, blot
=> splotch
=> tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
=> speckle, bespeckle
=> spatter, bespatter
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb speckle
Sense 1
stipple, speckle
=> mottle, dapple, cloud
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Sense 2
speckle, bespeckle
=> spot, fleck, blob, blot
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Grep of verb speckle
bespeckle
speckle
Grep of adj speckle
speckled
speckless
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