Definitions of Blot [ɒt]

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Definition of 'Blot'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) blot
a spot or stain, esp. of ink or chemicals on paper.

2.  blot
a blemish on a person's character or reputation.

3. (v.t.) blot
to spot, stain, or soil; sully.

4.  blot
to dry with absorbent paper or the like:
to blot the wet pane.

5.  blot
to remove with absorbent paper or the like.

6. (v.i.) blot
to make a blot; spread ink, dye, etc., in a stain.

7.  blot
to become blotted or stained.

8.  blot
to transfer components of a mixture to a chemically treated paper for analysis.

9.  blot
blot out,

10.  blot
to make indistinguishable; obscure.

11.  blot
to destroy completely; obliterate; wipe out.

12. (n.) blot
an exposed backgammon piece liable to be taken or forfeited.

13.  blot
Archaic. an exposed or weak point.

Etymology: (1590–1600)

Definition of 'Blot'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"

2. (verb) blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
"he made a huge blot on his copybook"

3. (verb) blot
dry (ink) with blotting paper

4. (verb) spot, fleck, blob, blot
make a spot or mark onto
"The wine spotted the tablecloth"

Definition of 'Blot'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Blot
a spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur

2. (noun) Blot
an obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure

3. (noun) Blot
a spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish

4. (noun) Blot
an exposure of a single man to be taken up

5. (noun) Blot
a single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up

6. (noun) Blot
a weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark

7. (verb) Blot
to spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink

8. (verb) Blot
to impair; to damage; to mar; to soil

9. (verb) Blot
to stain with infamy; to disgrace

10. (verb) Blot
to obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses

11. (verb) Blot
to obscure; to eclipse; to shadow

12. (verb) Blot
to dry, as writing, with blotting paper

13. (verb) Blot
to take a blot; as, this paper blots easily

Translation of 'Blot'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a spot or stain (often of ink) an exercise book full of blots.
Afrikaans: vlek	Arabic: بُقْعَةٌ	Bulgarian: петно
Brazilian: borrão	Czech: skvrna, kaňka	German: der Klecks
Danish: plet; klat	Greek: μουτζούρα, κηλίδα	Spanish: borrón
Estonian: plekk	Farsi: لک؛ لکه	Finnish: tahra
French: pâté, tache	Hebrew: כֶּתֶם	Hindi: दाग, धब्बा
Croatian: mrlja	Hungarian: paca	Indonesian: bercak, noda
Icelandic: (blek)blettur	Italian: macchia; cancellatura	Japanese: しみ
Korean: (잉크 따위의) 얼룩	Lithuanian: dėmė	Latvian: traips
Malay: tompok	Dutch: vlek	Norwegian: flekk
Polish: plama, kleks	Persian: لک؛ لکه	Pashto: داغ، د بدنامی توری
Portuguese: borrão	Romanian: pată de cerneală	Russian: клякса
Slovak: machuľa, fľak	Slovenian: packa	Serbian: mrlja
Swedish: plump, bläckfläck	Thai: รอยเปื้อน	Turkish: leke, mürekkep lekesi
Taiwanese: (墨水)污漬	Ukrainian: пляма, ляпка	Urdu: داغ ، دھبے
Vietnamese: vết mực	Chinese: （墨水）污渍，污点
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