1. (noun)topographic point, place, spot a point located with respect to surface features of some region "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
3. (noun)point, spot an outstanding characteristic "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
4. (noun)smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur a blemish made by dirt "he had a smudge on his cheek"
5. (noun)spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation 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"
16. (verb)spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart detect with the senses "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
17. (verb)blemish, spot mar or impair with a flaw "her face was blemished"
18. (verb)spot, fleck, blob, blot make a spot or mark onto "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
19. (verb)spot become spotted "This dress spots quickly"
20. (verb)spot mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
Definitions of 'spot'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)spot a mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored
2. (noun)spot a stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish
7. (noun)spot the southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish
8. (noun)spot commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery
9. (verb)spot to make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spotpaper
10. (verb)spot to mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal
11. (verb)spot to stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse