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1. (n.) speck
a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies.
2. speck
a very little bit or particle.
3. speck
something appearing small by comparison or by reason of distance.
4. (v.t.) speck
to mark with or as if with specks.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE specca; cf. speckle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) speck, pinpoint
a very small spot
"the plane was just a speck in the sky"
2. (noun) atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
3. (verb) touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
a slight but appreciable amount
"this dish could use a touch of garlic"
4. (verb) speck
produce specks in or on
"speck the cloth"
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1. (noun) speck
an extremely small piece
a speck of dust
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) speck
the blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus
2. (noun) speck
a small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit
3. (noun) speck
a very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money
4. (noun) speck
a small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States
5. (verb) speck
to cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture
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Sense: a small spot or stain
a speck of ink.
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 Afrikaans: spikkel |
 Arabic: بُقْعَه، لَطْخَه |
 Bulgarian: петънце |
 Brazilian: mancha |
 Czech: skvrnka |
 German: das Fleckchen |
 Danish: plet; stænk |
 Greek: κηλίδα, στίγμα, σημάδι |
 Spanish: manchita |
 Estonian: (väike) plekk, täpp |
 Farsi: نقطه |
 Finnish: tahra |
 French: petite tache |
 Hebrew: כֶּתֶם |
 Hindi: धब्बा |
 Croatian: točka, mrlja |
 Hungarian: folt |
 Indonesian: bercak |
 Icelandic: blettur |
 Italian: macchia |
 Japanese: しみ |
 Korean: 작은 점, 얼룩 |
 Lithuanian: dėmelė, taškelis |
 Latvian: traips; plankums |
 Malay: titik |
 Dutch: vlekje |
 Norwegian: flekk, søleskvett |
 Polish: plamka |
 Persian: نقطه |
 Pashto: ذره |
 Portuguese: mancha |
 Romanian: pată mică |
 Russian: пятнышко |
 Slovak: škvrnka, fliačik |
 Slovenian: majhen madež |
 Serbian: mrlja |
 Swedish: fläck, prick, stänk |
 Thai: แต้ม; จุดด่าง |
 Turkish: minicik leke |
 Taiwanese: 污點 |
 Ukrainian: плямочка, цятка |
 Urdu: چھوٹا سا دھبّا یا داغ |
 Vietnamese: đốm nhỏ |
 Chinese: 污点 |
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