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"
13. (noun)spot a playingcard with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value "an eight-spot"
14. (noun)blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain an act that brings discredit to the person who does it "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
15. (verb)descry, spot, espy, spy catch sight of
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"