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English noun: mottle | |||
| 1. | mottle (attribute) an irregular arrangement of patches of color | ||
| Samples | It was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, coloring, colour, colouring | ||
English verb: mottle | |||
| 1. | mottle (creation) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | ||
| Synonyms | blotch, streak | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize | ||
| 2. | mottle (change) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | ||
| Synonyms | cloud, dapple | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | spot | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | harlequin, speckle, stipple | ||
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