Meaning

1 senses

  1. To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

    mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

Examples

2 sentences

  1. His silhouette was distorted by the mottle on the glass.

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  2. Bronzing bracken and mottled bramble gleamed in the light of the sinking sun.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.

1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.

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Forms

mottles, mottling, mottled, mottled
Base formmottle · to mottle
3rd person singularmottles
Present participlemottling
Past simplemottled
Past participlemottled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymottle
he, she, itmottles

Past simpleLesson

all personsmottled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mottled
he, she, ithas mottled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mottle

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • colour with streaks or blotches of different shades:dapplecloud
  • mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained:streakblotch

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmottling

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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