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The Meaning of blot

  • (v. t.) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
  • (v. t.) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  • (v. t.) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
  • (v. t.) To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
  • (v. i.) To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
  • (n.) A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.
  • (n.) An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.
  • (n.) A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
  • (n.) An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
  • (n.) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.
  • (n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

Synonyms

smudge , bit , patch , dapple , office , speckle , pip , touch , cytosmear , place , smear , aspersion , daub , fleck , cytologic smear , maculation , slur , post , stain , malignment , position , smirch , vilification , billet , spotlight , spot , point , situation , berth , topographic point , mark , grunge , discolouration , grease , brand , grime , stigma , dirt , filth , discoloration , soil , blob , blemish , recognise , tell apart , distinguish , descry , espy , spy , pick out , recognize , discern , make out , defacement , disgrace , injury , blur , defect , dishonor , reproach , deformity , fault , crack , dent , flaw , taint , disfigurement , imperfection , speck , tarnish , absorb , suck , imbibe , soak up , sop up , suck up , draw , take in , take up

Rhymes

abott , aforethought , afterthought , alcott , allot , alot , apricot , aquanaut , ararat , argonaut , ascot , ascott , astronaut , aught , aydelotte , ayotte , baht , batat , begot , bhatt , boitnott , bott , bought , boycott , brott , brought , buckshot , cadotte , camelot , cannot , caught , checkerspot , clot , clott , cosmonaut , cot , crackpot , croat , cypriot , demott , distraught , dot , dott , dreadnought , earshot , endicott , eyespot , faught , feedlot , flott , flowerpot , forethought , forgot , fought , fraught , gaut , got , gott , grapeshot , guillotte , gunshot , haught , haut , hot , hotshot , hott , huguenot , inkblot , jackpot , jot , juggernaut , khat , kilowatt , knot , knott , konsultat , kot , labatt , lamott , lamotte , lancelot , lat , launcelot , laut , lezotte , longshot , loquat , lot , lott , lotte , malott , marcott , marotte , mascot , mayotte , mcnaught , megawatt , minot , montserrat , mott , motte , naught , not , nott , notte , nought , ocelot , onslaught , ot , ott , otte , ought , overbought , overwrought , perrott , picotte , pilotte , plaut , plot , pot , potshot , pott , qiryat , raught , refaat , reshot , robot , rot , rott , rotte , rought , sadat , scattershot , schaadt , schlott , schott , schrodt , scot , scott , shot , shott , slingshot , slot , slott , snapshot , snot , sot , sought , spot , sprott , squat , staat , stott , sunspot , surat , swat , szott , taught , taut , teapot , thought , topknot , tot , trot , trott , turcotte , upshot , vancott , voght , vought , wat , watt , whatnot , wrought , yacht , yott