fleck

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole (Freq. 1)
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
• Syn:
bit, chip, flake, scrap
• Derivationally related forms:
flaky (for: flake), flakey (for: flake), flake (for: flake), chip (for: chip)
• Hypernyms:
fragment
• Hyponyms:
matchwood, scale, scurf, exfoliation, splinter, sliver
2. 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
• Syn:
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, maculation
• Derivationally related forms:
patchy (for: patch), patch (for: patch), dapple (for: dapple), speckle (for: speckle), spot (for: spot)
• Hypernyms:
marking
• Hyponyms:
speck, pinpoint, nebula, splash, worn spot,
fret, plaque, macule, macula, parhelion, mock sun,
sundog, sunspot, facula

II - verb

make a spot or mark onto
- The wine spotted the tablecloth
• Syn:
spot, blob, blot
• Derivationally related forms:
blot (for: blot), blob (for: blob), spot (for: spot), spotting (for: spot)
• Hypernyms:
change surface
• Hyponyms:
splotch, tarnish, stain, maculate, sully,
defile, speckle, bespeckle, spatter, bespatter
• Verb Group:
stain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spot, speckle, dapple, patch, maculation, bit, chip, flake, scrap, blob, blot