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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a small contrasting part of something;
- Example: "a bald spot"
- Example: "a leopard's spots"
- Example: "a patch of clouds"
- Example: "patches of thin ice"
- Example: "a fleck of red"
[syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation]


VERB (2)

1. produce a mottled effect;
- Example: "The sunlight stippled the trees"
[syn: stipple, speckle]

2. mark with small spots;
- Example: "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"
[syn: speckle, bespeckle]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Speckle \Spec"kle\, n. [Dim. of speck; cf. D. spikkel.]
   A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or
   color from that of the thing itself.
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         An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied.
                                                  --Spebser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Speckle \Spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speckled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Speckling.]
   To mark with small spots of a different color from that of
   the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a
   different color from the ground or surface.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

speckle
    n 1: 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" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple,
         patch, fleck, maculation]
    v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
         [syn: stipple, speckle]
    2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
       spots" [syn: speckle, bespeckle]