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mottle
n.
an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"
Verbs (6)
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cloud
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dapple
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mottle
v.
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
mottle
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blotch
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streak
v.
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
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Fuzzynyms (18)
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discolor
v.
cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts"
smutch
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smudge
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blur
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smear
v.
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
stripe
v.
mark with stripes
maculate
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defile
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sully
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stain
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tarnish
v.
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
cloud
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taint
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corrupt
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sully
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defile
v.
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
blot
v.
dry (ink) with blotting paper
streak
v.
move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"
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mottle
Parts Of Speech
Nouns
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Verbs
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Adverbs
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