fleck
To mark with small spotsTo mark (something) with small spots.
» There was a fleck of dust on the windshield.
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1 sensesTo mark (something) with small spots.
make a spot or mark onto
Examples
5 sentencesThere was a fleck of dust on the windshield.
His long, brown hair and beard were all flecked and dashed with white.
On the extreme verge of the horizon lie a long chain of mountain peaks, with their rugged summits flecked with snow.
Green Gables lay in a pool of sunshine, flecked with the dancing shadows of poplar and willow.
Oooh, look how the river sand sparkles! That's not gold -- it's little flecks of mica in the sand.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, fleckedFrom Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked (“spotted, flecked”)), from Old Norse flekkr (“spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.
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Forms
flecks, flecking, flecked, fleckedSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.