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English noun: fleck | |||
| 1. | fleck (object) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | ||
| Samples | A bit of rock caught him in the eye. | ||
| Synonyms | bit, chip, flake, scrap | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fragment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | exfoliation, matchwood, scale, scurf, scurf, sliver, splinter | ||
| 2. | fleck (attribute) a small contrasting part of something | ||
| Samples | A bald spot. A leopard's spots. A patch of clouds. Patches of thin ice. A fleck of red. | ||
| Synonyms | dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | marking | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | facula, facula, fret, macula, macula, macule, mock sun, nebula, parhelion, pinpoint, plaque, speck, splash, sundog, sunspot, worn spot | ||
English verb: fleck | |||
| 1. | fleck (contact) make a spot or mark onto | ||
| Samples | The wine spotted the tablecloth. | ||
| Synonyms | blob, blot, spot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change surface | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bespatter, bespeckle, defile, maculate, spatter, speckle, splotch, stain, sully, tarnish | ||
| Verb group | stain | ||
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