Sekirov Dictionary

blot

UK /blɒt/US /blɑt/

verb 10
noun 4
/bloʊt/ noun 1
forms 6
phrases 4

verb10

To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
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To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- One act like this blots out a thousand Crimes. — 1681
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To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- He sung how Earth blots the Moons gilded Wane,[…] — 1656
•
To soak up or absorb liquid.
- This paper blots easily.
To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
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To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore,[…] — 1566
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To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- It blots thy beautie, as frosts doe bite the Meads,[…] — 1590
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To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- Blot not thy Innocence with guiltless Blood. — 1707
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(slang) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
- I'm walking down the street, past the coppers on the beat. Past the shotters blottin' weed, clear for everyone to see. — 2006
To hit a blot.

noun4

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A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- England bound in with the triumphant sea, / Whose rocky shore beates backe the enuious siedge / Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, / With Inky blottes, and rotten Parchment bonds. — 1595
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A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
- Thy ouerflow of good, conuerts to bad, / And thy abundant goodnesse shall excuse / This deadly blot, in thy digressing sonne. — 1595
A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
An exposed piece in backgammon.

blót

/bloʊt/

noun1

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A Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
- These show us the importance of verbal activity at a blót, specifically verbal activity aimed at producing a result, presumably by means of intervention by the deities. — 2001

forms

blotted · blotting · blots · blotteth · blottest · blóts

Phrases with blot

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