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speck·le
(spĕk′əl)n.
A speck or small spot, as a natural dot of color on skin, plumage, or foliage.
[Middle English spakle.]
speck′le v.
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speckle
(ˈspɛkəl)n
a small or slight mark usually of a contrasting colour, as on the skin, a bird's plumage, or eggs
vb
(tr) to mark with or as if with speckles
[C15: from Middle Dutch spekkel; see speck]
ˈspeckled adj
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speck•le
(ˈspɛk əl)n., v. -led, -ling. n.
1. a small speck, spot, or mark.
2. speckled coloring or marking.
v.t. 3. to mark with or as if with speckles.
[1400–50; probably < Middle Dutch spekkel, akin to speck]
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speckle
Past participle: speckled
Gerund: speckling
| Imperative |
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| speckle |
| speckle |
| Present |
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| I speckle |
| you speckle |
| he/she/it speckles |
| we speckle |
| you speckle |
| they speckle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I speckled |
| you speckled |
| he/she/it speckled |
| we speckled |
| you speckled |
| they speckled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am speckling |
| you are speckling |
| he/she/it is speckling |
| we are speckling |
| you are speckling |
| they are speckling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have speckled |
| you have speckled |
| he/she/it has speckled |
| we have speckled |
| you have speckled |
| they have speckled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was speckling |
| you were speckling |
| he/she/it was speckling |
| we were speckling |
| you were speckling |
| they were speckling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had speckled |
| you had speckled |
| he/she/it had speckled |
| we had speckled |
| you had speckled |
| they had speckled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will speckle |
| you will speckle |
| he/she/it will speckle |
| we will speckle |
| you will speckle |
| they will speckle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have speckled |
| you will have speckled |
| he/she/it will have speckled |
| we will have speckled |
| you will have speckled |
| they will have speckled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be speckling |
| you will be speckling |
| he/she/it will be speckling |
| we will be speckling |
| you will be speckling |
| they will be speckling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been speckling |
| you have been speckling |
| he/she/it has been speckling |
| we have been speckling |
| you have been speckling |
| they have been speckling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been speckling |
| you will have been speckling |
| he/she/it will have been speckling |
| we will have been speckling |
| you will have been speckling |
| they will have been speckling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been speckling |
| you had been speckling |
| he/she/it had been speckling |
| we had been speckling |
| you had been speckling |
| they had been speckling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would speckle |
| you would speckle |
| he/she/it would speckle |
| we would speckle |
| you would speckle |
| they would speckle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have speckled |
| you would have speckled |
| he/she/it would have speckled |
| we would have speckled |
| you would have speckled |
| they would have speckled |
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Noun 1. [画像:speckle - a small contrasting part of something]speckle - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
marking - a pattern of marks
nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea
splash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"
plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
mock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"
macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
facula - a bright spot on a planet
Verb 1. speckle - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
2. [画像:speckle - mark with small spots]speckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"
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speckle
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
بُقْعَه، رَقْشَه
tečka
plet
doppa, díll
raibumiņštraipiņš
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
speckle
vt → sprenkeln ; to be speckled with something → mit etw gesprenkelt sein; to be speckled with brown → braun gesprenkelt sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
speckle
(ˈspekl) noun a little spot on a different-coloured background. The eggs were pale blue with dark green speckles. spikkel بُقْعَه، رَقْشَه петънце pinta tečka der Flecken plet πιτσιλιά, σημαδάκι pinta, mota, mancha täpp خال täplä tacheture, moucheture נקודה चित्ती mrlja, pjegica folt bintik doppa, díll macchietta, puntino 小はん点 반점 dėmelė, taškelis traipiņš; raibumiņš bintik spikkel flekk cętka خال pinta pată mică; picăţele крапинка; пятнышко bodka pikica pegica fläck, stänk จุดด่าง benek, nokta 斑點 цяточка, плямочка جلد یا پرندے کے انڈے وغیرہ پر پڑی ہوئی کوئی بندکی vết lốm đốm 斑点
ˈspeckled adjective marked with speckles. gespikkel مُرَقَّش пъстър sarapintado tečkovaný, kropenatý gesprenkelt plettet πιτσιλωτός moteado, con puntos täpiline täplikäs tacheté, moucheté מְנוּמָר चित्तीदार pjegav, šaren foltos berbintik-bintik doppóttur macchiettato 小はん点のある 반점이 있는 taškuotas raibs; raibumains berbintik-bintik gespikkeld flekket, fregnet cętkowany په خال سره نښانى كول sarapintado pătat; cu picăţele в крапинку; пятнистый bodkovaný pikast pegav fläckig, spräcklig ที่เป็นจุดด่าง benekli, çilli 有斑點的 крапчастий, плямистий بندکیاں یا دھبّے ڈالا ہوا có những đốm nhỏ 有斑点的
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