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Freckle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Freckle has 1 sense
- freckle(n = noun.body) lentigo - a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin; Array is a part of cutis, skin, tegument
is a kind of macula, macule
Derived forms verb freckle2, verb freckle1
Verb Freckle has 2 senses
- freckle(v = verb.change) Array - become freckled; "I freckle easily" is one way to spot
- freckle(v = verb.change) Array - mark with freckles; Array is one way to spot
Derived form noun freckle1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Derived form noun freckle1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Freckle, n. [Dim., from the same root as freak, v. t. ].
- A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands. [1913 Webster]
- Any small spot or discoloration. [1913 Webster]
Freckle, v. t.
To sprinkle or mark with freckles or small discolored spots; to spot. [1913 Webster]
Freckle, v. i.
To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Freckle, n. & v.
--n. (often in pl.) a light brown spot on the skin, usu. caused by exposure to the sun.
--v.
1 tr. (usu. as freckled adj.) spot with freckles.
2 intr. be spotted with freckles.
--n. (often in pl.) a light brown spot on the skin, usu. caused by exposure to the sun.
--v.
1 tr. (usu. as freckled adj.) spot with freckles.
2 intr. be spotted with freckles.
Derivative
freckly adj.
Etymology
ME fracel etc. f. dial. freken f. ON freknur (pl.)
THESAURUS
Freckle
band, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, birthmark, blackhead, blaze, blaze a trail, bleb, blemish, blister, blot, blotch, brand, bulla, caste mark, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, comedo, crack, crater, craze, cut, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, dash, defacement, defect, define, deformation, deformity, delimit, demarcate, discolor, discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, dot, dottedness, earmark, engrave, engraving, fault, flake, flaw, fleck, flick, flyspeck, freckliness, gash, graving, hack, harlequin, hatch, hemangioma, hickey, impress, imprint, iris, jot, keloid, kink, lentigo, line, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, milium, mole, motley, mottle, mottledness, needle scar, nevus, nick, notch, patch, pencil, pepper, pimple, pit, pock, pockmark, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, pustule, rainbow, riddle, rift, scab, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, sebaceous cyst, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, split, splotch, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stud, sty, tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate, tick, tick off, tittle, trace, track, twist, underline, underscore, variegate, vein, verruca, vesicle, wale, warp, wart, watermark, weal, welt, wen, whiteheadROGET THESAURUS
Freckle
Blemish
N blemish, disfigurement, deformity, adactylism, flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun, eyesore, stain, blot, spot, spottiness, speck, speckle, blur, tarnish, smudge, dirt, freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip, blain, maculation, scar, wem, pustule, whelk, excrescence, pimple, pitted, freckled, discolored, imperfect, blobber-lipped, bloodshot, injured.
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