to dot
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- verb
- /dɑt/
:
marcar con un punto
- To decorate the cake, she decided to dot the icing with small berries.
- dot the i
Just got to cross our T's and dot them I's.
- Just got to cross our T's and dot them I's.
- And then apparently you're supposed to dot it on your face.
- And I'm going to dot this onto my skin.
- I'm going to dot it all over my face.
- So it's not getting people to dot IS and cross T's isn't enough.
- And I am just going to dot dot the forehead dot dot.
Examples
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So I'm just going to take a bit and dot it on my face.
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I'm going to go ahead and just dot a little bit.
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So I just like to dot it around my face like this.
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OK, let's like just dot that under my eyes.
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And I'm going to dot this onto my skin.
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I'm just going to dot a little bit on there.
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I'm going to dot it all over my face.
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I'm going to go ahead and dot some on my chin.
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Small brown spots, and larger ones, dot the back of his hand and wrist.
Fiction book (1996) -
And then apparently you're supposed to dot it on your face.
Synonyms
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Make a visible line, spot, or sign on a surface
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To make a picture or texture with many small dots
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To mark something with small spots
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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To pay careful attention to small details when finishing a task
Compounds
- Texting
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A company that does most of its business on the internet with a website ending in .com
- Texting
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A company that does most of its business online, often with a website ending in .com
- Texting
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A business that does most of its work online and uses a website ending in .com
- Specialized
A number made by multiplying pairs of numbers from two lists and adding them
- Specialized
A small raised dot used to show multiplication in math, often instead of the letter x
How Scattered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dot (verb) comes from the noun dot, from old English dott meaning 'small lump' or 'spot', so to dot something is to make or place a small mark, for example putting a dot above the letter 'i'.