v. |
[1] |
see
,
catch sight of
,
glimpse
,
discern
,
identify
,
pick out
,
distinguish
,
single out
,
detect
,
sight
,
recognize
,
make out
,
descry
|
[2] |
mark
,
stain
,
fleck
,
speckle
,
spray
,
splash
,
spatter
,
bespatter
,
sully
,
soil
,
dirty
,
taint
,
besmirch
,
smudge
|
[3] |
descry
,
espy
,
spy
|
[4] |
recognize
,
recognise
,
distinguish
,
discern
,
pick out
,
make out
,
tell apart
|
[5] |
blemish
|
[6] |
fleck
,
blob
,
blot
|
|
n. |
[1] |
topographic point
,
mark
,
patch
,
place
,
speck
,
blot
,
blotch
,
blemish
,
speckle
,
fleck
,
particle
,
mote
,
macula
,
smudge
,
stain
,
stigma
,
discoloration
,
(Brit) splodge/(US) splotch
|
[2] |
site
,
place
,
locale
,
location
,
locality
,
scene
,
setting
,
section
,
area
,
neighbourhood
,
quarter
|
[3] |
morsel
,
point
,
bit
,
bite
,
(Colloq) smidgen/smidgin
|
[4] |
predicament
,
smudge
,
blot
,
situation
,
quandary
,
daub
,
smear
,
mess
,
smirch
,
slur
|
[5] |
spots
,
speckle
,
dapple
,
eruptions
,
pimples
,
patch
,
fleck
,
acne
,
pustules
,
maculation
,
blackheads
,
comedos/comedones
,
whiteheads
,
boils
,
blains
,
wens
,
pock-marks
,
(Old-fashioned) (US/Canadian) hickeys
|
[6] |
position
,
post
,
berth
,
office
,
billet
,
place
,
situation
|
[7] |
touch
|
[8] |
bit
|
[9] |
pip
|
[10] |
spotlight
|
[11] |
blot
,
smear
,
smirch
,
stain
|
|