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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dream |
| Synonyms: | bubble*, castle in the air, chimera, daydream, delusion, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, hallucination, head trip, idea, illusion, image, imagination, impression, incubus, mental picture, nightmare, phantasm, pie in the sky, pipe dream, rainbow*, reverie, specter, speculation, thought, trance, vagary, vision, wraith |
| Concept: | Variegation. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; complementary colors |
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-nouns
variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism; iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae., spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoiseshell; mackerel, mackerel sky; zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble., check, plaid, tartan, patchwork; marquetry, parquetry; mosaic, tesserae, strigae; chessboard, checkers, chequers; harlequin; Joseph's coat; tricolor.
-verbs
be variegated; variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer; bespeckle, speckle; besprinkle, sprinkle; stipple, maculate, dot, bespot; tattoo, inlay, damascene; embroider, braid, quilt.
-adjectives
variegated; many-colored, many-hued; divers-colored, party-colored; dichromatic, polychromatic; bicolor, tricolor, versicolor; of all the colors of the rainbow, multicolored, of all manner of colors; kaleidoscopic., iridescent; opaline, opalescent; prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant; irisated, pavonine., pied, piebald; motley; mottled, marbled; pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous., mosaic, tesselated, plaid; tortoiseshell., spotted, spotty; punctated, powdered; speckled; freckled, flea- bitten, studded; flecked, fleckered; striated, barred, veined; brinded, brindled; tabby; watered; grizzled; listed; embroidered; daedal; naevose, stipiform; strigose, striolate.
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