What does blot mean?

Definitions for blot
blɒtblot

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word blot.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun

    a blemish made by dirt

    "he had a smudge on his cheek"

  2. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stainverb

    an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

    "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

  3. blotverb

    dry (ink) with blotting paper

  4. spot, fleck, blob, blotverb

    make a spot or mark onto

    "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

Wiktionary

  1. blotnoun

    A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

  2. blotnoun

    A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.

  3. blotnoun

    The Southern blot analysis (and derived Northern and Western) analytical techniques.

  4. blotnoun

    an exposed piece in backgammon.

  5. blotverb

    to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance

  6. blotverb

    to soak up, or absorb liquid

  7. blotverb

    to hide, obscure or obliterate something

  8. Etymology: Originally "blemish," perhaps from blettr, or from bloche

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Blotnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    Let flames on your unlucky papers prey,
    Your wars, your loves, your praises, be forgot,
    And make of all an universal blot. John Dryden, Juven. sat.vii.

    Make known,
    It is no vicious blot, murder, or foulness,
    That hath depriv’d me. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    A lie is a foul blot in a man; yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught. Ecclus, xx. 24.

    A disappointed hope, a blot of honour, a strain of conscience, an unfortunate love, will serve the turn. William Temple.

    He is too great a master of his art, to make a blot which may so easily be hit. John Dryden, Æneid. Dedication,.

  2. To BLOTverb

    Etymology: from blottir, Fr. to hide.

    You that are king,
    Have caus’d him, by new act of parliament,
    To blot out me, and put his own son in. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

    Ev’n copious Dryden wanted, or forgot,
    The last and greatest art, the art to blot. Alexander Pope.

    A man of the most understanding will find it impossible to make the best use of it, while he writes in constraint, perpetually softening, correcting, or blotting out expressions. Jonathan Swift.

    O Bertran, oh! no more my foe, but brother:
    One act like this blots out a thousand crimes. Dryden.

    These simple ideas, offered to the mind, the understanding can no more refuse, nor alter, nor blot out, than a mirrour can refuse, alter, or obliterate, the images which the objects produce. John Locke.

    Heads overfull of matter, be like pens over full of ink, which will sooner blot, than make any fair letter at all. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

    O sweet Portia!
    Here are a few of the unpleasant’st words
    That ever blotted paper. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

    Unknit that threat’ning unkind brow;
    It blots thy beauty, as frost bites the meads,
    Confounds thy fame. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

    My guilt thy growing virtues did defame;
    My blackness blotted thy unblemish’d name. John Dryden, Æn.

    For mercy’s sake, restrain thy hand,
    Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. Nicholas Rowe.

    He sung how earth blots the moon’s gilded wane,
    Whilst foolish men beat sounding brass in vain. Abraham Cowley.

Wikipedia

  1. Blót

    Blót (Old Norse) and blōt or geblōt (Old English) are terms for "blood sacrifice" in Norse paganism and Anglo-Saxon paganism respectively. A comparanda can also be reconstructed for wider Germanic paganism. A blót could be dedicated to any of the Germanic gods, the spirits of the land, and to ancestors. The sacrifice involved aspects of a sacramental meal or feast.

ChatGPT

  1. blot

    A blot is a stain or a spot made, typically unintentionally, by a substance such as ink, paint, or dirt. It can also refer to a negative mark on one's reputation or character. Furthermore, in the context of biology, blotting refers to a method of transferring proteins, DNA, and RNA onto a carrier so they can be studied.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Blotverb

    to spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink

  2. Blotverb

    to impair; to damage; to mar; to soil

  3. Blotverb

    to stain with infamy; to disgrace

  4. Blotverb

    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

  5. Blotverb

    to obscure; to eclipse; to shadow

  6. Blotverb

    to dry, as writing, with blotting paper

  7. Blotverb

    to take a blot; as, this paper blots easily

  8. Blotnoun

    a spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur

  9. Blotnoun

    an obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure

  10. Blotnoun

    a spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish

  11. Blotnoun

    an exposure of a single man to be taken up

  12. Blotnoun

    a single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up

  13. Blotnoun

    a weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark

Wikidata

  1. Blot

    Blot is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian black/Viking metal band Einherjer. It was released on November 21, 2003, by Tabu Recordings.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Blot

    blot, n. a spot or stain: an obliteration, as of something written: a stain in reputation.—v.t. to spot or stain: to obliterate or destroy: to disgrace: to dry writing with blotting-paper:—pr.p. blot′ting; pa.p. blot′ted.—n. and adj. Blot′tesque, a painting executed with heavy blot-like touches, a daub or (fig.) a vigorous descriptive sketch.—n. Blotting-pā′per, unsized paper, used for absorbing ink.—adj. Blot′ty. [Prob. Scand., as in Dan. plet, Ice. blettr, a spot.]

  2. Blot

    blot, n. a piece liable to be taken at backgammon: a weak place in anything. [Ety. obscure; Dut. bloot, naked.]

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  1. BLOT

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BLOT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Blot is ranked #59742 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Blot surname appeared 338 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Blot.

    58.2% or 197 total occurrences were Black.
    33.4% or 113 total occurrences were White.
    5.6% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of blot in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of blot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of blot in a Sentence

  1. Alan B. Watts:

    But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

  2. Queretaro Gov. Mauricio Kuri:

    They were savagely injured, which is a shame and a blot on soccer, for these type of things to happen, in a place that should be for families to go and have fun. This is totally unacceptable.

  3. Giuseppe Mazzini:

    Love and respect woman. Look to her not only for comfort, but for strength and inspiration and the doubling of your intellectual and moral powers. Blot out from your mind any idea of superiority you have none.

  4. H Hahn Blavatsky:

    Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the eternal. The giant weed (of evil) cannot flower there this blot upon existence is wiped out by the very atmosphere of eternal thought.

  5. Gary Wickersham:

    What I did that day for those 22 minutes, I look at that as a dark blot in comparison to serving my country for three years back in the'60s.

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Translations for blot

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  • попивам, петно, заличавам, опетнявам, позор, зацапвам, безчестие, голBulgarian
  • ablöschen, Fleck, KlecksGerman
  • makuloEsperanto
  • emborronar, mancharSpanish
  • imeytyä, imaista, imeä, tahra, piilotella, tahrataFinnish
  • tacher, souillure, tacheFrench
  • makuloIdo
  • macchiare, macchiaItalian
  • так, төгүлгөн сыя, уятKyrgyz
  • vlek, schandvlekDutch
  • pătaRomanian
  • позор, клякса, пятноRussian
  • плямаUkrainian
  • 污点Chinese

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