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stipendiate |
stipendless |
stipes |
stipitate |
stipitiform |
stipple
| stippled
| stippler
| stippling
| stiptic
| stipula
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb stipple has 4 senses
- stipple(v = verb.creation) Array - engrave by means of dots and flicks; Array is one way to engrave, etch
- stipple(v = verb.creation) Array - make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink; Array is one way to paint
- stipple(v = verb.creation) Array - apply (paint) in small dots or strokes; Array is one way to paint
- stipple(v = verb.contact) speckle - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" is one way to cloud, dapple, mottle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun stippler1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun stippler1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
stipple, v. t. [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.].
- To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. [1913 Webster]"The interlaying of small pieces can not altogether avoid a broken, stippled, spotty effect." [1913 Webster]
- To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface. [1913 Webster]
stipple, n.
- A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. [1913 Webster]
- A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stipple, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. draw or paint or engrave etc. with dots instead of lines.
2 tr. roughen the surface of (paint, cement, etc.).
--n.
1 the process or technique of stippling.
2 the effect of stippling.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. draw or paint or engrave etc. with dots instead of lines.
2 tr. roughen the surface of (paint, cement, etc.).
--n.
1 the process or technique of stippling.
2 the effect of stippling.
Derivative
stippler n. stippling n.
Etymology
Du. stippelen frequent. of stippen to prick f. stip point
THESAURUS
stipple
apply paint, autolithograph, band, bar, be a printmaker, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blotch, brush on paint, burr, calcimine, carve, character, check, checker, chisel, chiseling, coat, color, complexion, cover, crease, cribble, cross-hatching, crosshatch, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, daub, deep-dye, demitint, dip, distemper, dot, dottedness, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, enchase, engild, engrave, engravement, engraving, etch, etching, face, fast-dye, flake, fleck, freckle, freckliness, fresco, furrow, gem-engraving, gild, glass-cutting, glaze, gloss, glyptic, grain, grave, graving, groove, half tint, harlequin, hatch, hatching, hue, illuminate, imbue, incise, incision, ingrain, inscribe, inscript, inscription, iris, japan, lacquer, lay on color, line, lining, lithograph, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make prints, marble, marbleize, mark, marking, motley, mottle, mottledness, paint, parget, patch, pepper, pigment, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, prime, print, rainbow, score, scoring, scrape, scratch, scratching, sculpture, shade, shadow, shellac, slash, slashing, slop on paint, smear, spangle, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splotch, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, stippledness, stippling, streak, striate, stripe, stud, tattoo, tessellate, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, tool, tooling, type-cutting, undercoat, variegate, varnish, vein, wash, whitewashROGET THESAURUS
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Variegation
VB be variegated, variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer, bespeckle, speckle, besprinkle, sprinkle, stipple, maculate, dot, bespot, tattoo, inlay, damascene, embroider, braid, quilt.Painting
VB paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up, color, dead color, wash, varnish, draw in pencil, paint in oils, stencil, depict.Engraving
VB engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch, bite, bite in, lithograph, print.
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