blotch(n = noun.attribute) splodge, splotch - an irregularly shaped spot; Array
is a kind of blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot
Derived forms verb blotch1, adjective blotchy2, adjective blotchy1
blotch(v = verb.creation) mottle, streak - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained; Array
is one way to color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
Derived form noun blotch1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. [1913 Webster]
"Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow." [1913 Webster]
2. A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. [1913 Webster]
"Foul scurf and blotches him defile." [1913 Webster]
blotch, n. & v.
--n.
1 a discoloured or inflamed patch on the skin.
2 an irregular patch of ink or colour.
--v.tr. cover with blotches.
Derivative:
blotchy adj. (blotchier, blotchiest).
Etymology:
17th c.: f. obs. plotch and BLOT
N blemish, disfigurement, deformity, adactylism, flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun, eyesore, stain, blot, spot, spottiness, speck, speckle, blur, tarnish, smudge, dirt, freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip, blain, maculation, scar, wem, pustule, whelk, excrescence, pimple, pitted, freckled, discolored, imperfect, blobber-lipped, bloodshot, injured.
VB be black, render black, blacken, infuscate, denigrate, blot, blotch, smutch, smirch, darken, black, sable, swarthy, somber, dark, inky, ebony, ebon, atramentous, jetty, coal-black, jet-black, fuliginous, pitchy, sooty, swart, dusky, dingy, murky, Ethiopic, low-toned, low in tone, of the deepest dye, black as jet, black as my hat, black as a shoe, black as a tinker's pot, black as November, black as thunder, black as midnight, nocturnal, nigrescent, gray, obscure.