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fleck
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fleck has 2 senses
- fleck(n = noun.object) bit, chip, flake, scrap - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" is a kind of fragment
- fleck(n = noun.attribute) dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" is a kind of marking
has particulars: matchwood, exfoliation, scale, scurf, scurf, sliver, splinter
has particulars: pinpoint, speck, nebula, splash, fret, worn spot, plaque, macula, macule, mock sun, parhelion, sundog, macula, sunspot, facula, facula
Derived form verb fleck1
Verb fleck has 1 sense
- fleck(v = verb.contact) blob, blot, spot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" is one way to change surface
Derived form noun fleck2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
fleck, n.
A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. J. Martin. [1913 Webster]
fleck, n. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.].
A spot; a streak; a speckle. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
"Life is dashed with flecks of sin."
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To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple. [1913 Webster]
"Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain."
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"A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
fleck, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small patch of colour or light (eyes with green flecks).
2 a small particle or speck, esp. of dust.
3 a spot on the skin; a freckle.
--v.tr. mark with flecks; dapple; variegate.
--n.
1 a small patch of colour or light (eyes with green flecks).
2 a small particle or speck, esp. of dust.
3 a spot on the skin; a freckle.
--v.tr. mark with flecks; dapple; variegate.
Etymology
perh. f. ON flekkr (n.), flekka (v.), or MLG, MDu. vlecke, OHG flec, fleccho
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