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