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dappled
[dap-uhld] 
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dappled
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mottled, freckled |
| Synonyms: | brindle, brindled, checkered, discolored, flecked, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multihued, parti-colored, piebald, pied, speckled, spotted, stippled, varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored |
| Antonyms: | uncolored, unflecked, unspotted |
| Main Entry: | fleck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark with spots |
| Synonyms: | bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, dust, maculate, mottle, speckle, stipple, streak, variegate |
| Main Entry: | motley |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed, varied |
| Synonyms: | assorted, conglomerate, dappled, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, diversified, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kaleidoscopic, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mottled, multicolor, multicolored, multiform, multihued, polychromatic, prismatic, rainbow, unlike, varicolored, variegated, various, versicolor |
| Antonyms: | homogenous, like, same, similar, uniform, unmixed, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | mottled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | speckled |
| Synonyms: | blotchy, checkered, dappled, flecked, freckled, maculate, marbled, motley, piebald, pied, skewbald, spotted, streaked, tabby, variegated |
| Antonyms: | plain, unflecked |
| Main Entry: | multicolored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having various hues |
| Synonyms: | checkered, dappled, flecked, kaleidoscopic, marbled, motley, mottled, multicolor, particolored, piebald, pied, polychrome, prismatic, speckled, spotted, streaked, varicolored, veined, versicolor |
| Notes: | multicolored is having all colors of the rainbow; varicolored and particolored is having a variety of colors |
| Antonyms: | monochrome |
| Main Entry: | speckled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dotted |
| Synonyms: | brindled, dappled, flaked, flecked, freckled, mosaic, motley, mottled, particolored, patchy, peppered, punctate, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded, variegated |
| Antonyms: | plain, unspeckled |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark, stain |
| Synonyms: | besmirch, bespatter, blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, dot, fleck, maculate, marble, mottle, pepper, pimple, soil, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, stipple, streak, stripe, stud, sully, taint, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clean, unspot |
| Main Entry: | spotted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | speckled |
| Synonyms: | blotched, dappled, dotted, flaked, flecked, freckled, mosaic, motley, patchy, pied, spotty, sprinkled |
| Main Entry: | streak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a line on |
| Synonyms: | band, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, slash, smear, spot, strake, striate, stripe, variegate, vein |
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