1.  speck(n = noun.attribute) pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
is a kind of dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot
Derived form verb speck₁

2.  speck(n = noun.substance) atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything; Array
is a kind of material, stuff
has particulars: grain, grinding, chylomicron, flyspeck, identification particle

3.  speck(n = noun.quantity) hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, tinge, touch - a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
is a kind of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
has particulars: snuff

   speck(v = verb.contact) Array - produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth"
is one way to mark
Derived form noun speck₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

   The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. [1913 Webster]

1.  A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit. Anson. [1913 Webster]

2.  A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money. [1913 Webster]
"Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean." [1913 Webster]

3.  A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmæa) common in the Eastern United States. [1913 Webster]

   To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. [1913 Webster]
"Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold." [1913 Webster]

speck, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small spot, dot, or stain.
2 (foll. by of) a particle (speck of dirt).
3 a rotten spot in fruit.
--v.tr. (esp. as specked adj.) marked with specks.

Derivative:
speckless adj.

Etymology:
OE specca: cf. SPECKLE

N  smallness, littleness, tenuity, paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance), mediocrity, moderation, small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace, minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow, spark, scintilla, gleam, touch, cast, grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture, inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive, snip, snippet, snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag, chip, chipping, shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair, nutshell, thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean, animalcule, trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity, small, little, diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable, paltry, faint, slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited, meager, sparing, few, low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a low ebb, halfway, moderate, modest, tender, subtle, inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small, atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare, near run, dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent, to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly, imperceptibly, miserably, wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly, faintly, passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand, dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, small sands the mountain, moments make the year.

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.