Sekirov Dictionary

blotch

UK /blɒtʃ/US /blɑt͡ʃ/

noun 7
verb 2
forms 3

noun7

•
An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
- […] in healing those Blotches and Tumours which break out in the body […] — 1711
•
An irregularly shaped area.
- His shirt showed big blotches of moisture, and the sweat was rolling in clear drops along the creases in his brown neck. — 1923
•
A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
- Archive film materials are particularly degraded by blotch, scratch, flicker and noise. — 2005
A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
(figurative) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
•
Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
- The fungus causing blotch lives through the winter in the cankers which it has developed on twigs, water sprouts, and fruit spurs. — 1926
(slang) Blotting paper.

verb2

•
To mark with blotches.
- Just beyond were two ancient stone pillars, weather-stained and lichen-blotched bearing upon their summits a shapeless something which had once been the rampant lion of Capus of Birlstone. — 1914
•
To develop blotches, to become blotchy.
- Our waistline will extend a few more inches at least, and our aging skin will blotch and sag. — 2008

forms

blotched · blotching · blotches

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