blotch

blotch
Synonyms and related words:
band, bar, bedarken, besmirch, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, birthmark, black, blacken, blackwash, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, bloodstain, blot, blur, brand, caste mark, chalk, chalk up, charcoal, check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, cork, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, darken, dash, daub, define, delimit, demarcate, denigrate, dinge, discolor, discoloration, dot, dottedness, earmark, ebonize, engrave, engraving, eyesore, flake, fleck, flick, flyspeck, freckle, freckliness, gash, graving, hack, harlequin, hatch, impress, imprint, ink, iris, jot, lentigo, line, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, melanize, mole, motley, mottle, mottledness, murk, nevus, nick, nigrify, notch, oversmoke, patch, pencil, pepper, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, shade, shadow, smear, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soilage, soilure, soot, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, splotch, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stud, taint, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate, tick, tick off, tittle, trace, underline, underscore, variegate, vein, watermark

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  • Blotch — Blotch, n. [Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See {Black}, a., or cf. {Blot} a spot.] 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blotch|y — «BLOCH ee», adjective, blotch|i|er, blotch|i|est. having blotches …   Useful english dictionary

  • blotch — index deface, defacement, onus (stigma), stain Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • blotch — [blɔtʃ US bla:tʃ] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from blot + botch swelling (14 19 centuries) (from Old North French boche, from Old French boce; BOSS1)] a pink or red mark on the skin, or a coloured mark on something >blotchy adj… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • blotch — [ blatʃ ] noun count a colored mark on something, especially a red mark on your skin …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • blotch — (n.) c.1600, perhaps a blend of blot and botch or patch …   Etymology dictionary

  • blotch — [n] smudge acne, blemish, blot, breakout, eruption, mark, mottling, patch, splash, spot, stain, stigma; concept 580 Ant. blank, clarity, cleanness …   New thesaurus

  • blotch — ► NOUN ▪ a large irregular patch or unsightly mark. ► VERB ▪ cover or mark with blotches. DERIVATIVES blotchy adjective. ORIGIN alteration of obsolete plotch …   English terms dictionary

  • blotch — [bläch] n. [? extension of BLOT1] 1. a discolored patch or blemish on the skin 2. any large blot or stain vt. to cover or mark with blotches …   English World dictionary

  • blotch — [[t]blɒtʃ[/t]] n. 1) a large, irregular spot or blot; stain 2) a discolored spot on the skin; blemish 3) ppa any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and characterized by cankers and lesions 4) to mark with blotches • Etymology: 1595–1605… …   From formal English to slang

  • blotch — Commonly used term to denote a pigmented or erythematous lesion. * * * blotch bläch n a discolored patch on the skin <the face and neck were covered with large reddish blotches> blotch vt blotchy ē …   Medical dictionary

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