dot

• band
• bar
• bespatter
• bestrew
• birthmark
• blanket
• blob
• blot
• blotch
• dapple
• drizzle
• dust
• dye
• eyespot
• fleck
• freckle
• intersperse
• marble
• mark
• mole
• mottle
• patch
• pepper
• pip
• point
• polka dot
• scatter
• set
• shoot
• smear
• smudge
• smutch
• sow
• spatter
• speck
• speckle
• splash
• splotch
• spot
• spray
• sprinkle
• stain
• stipple
• streak
• strew
• stripe
• stud

• noun
  1. A small, round spot.
  2. (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
  3. A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
  4. A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
  5. One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
  6. A lump or clot.
  7. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
  8. A dot ball.
  9. Buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun.
  10. A dowry.
• verb
  1. To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
  2. To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
  3. To mark by means of dots or small spots.
  4. To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
  5. To punch (a person).
• preposition
  1. Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

• She placed a red dot on the target.
• The website address ends with a dot com.
• There’s a small dot of ink on your shirt.
• He used a marker to dot the paper.
• Each dot on the map represents a city.

dab

daisy

maculate

tad

dapple

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