to dot
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3.0
- verb
- /dɑt/
- The artist decided to dot the canvas with vibrant colors to create an abstract masterpiece.
- dot the countryside
- dot the landscape
- dotted with trees
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Watch on YouTubeWe're going to mix that together and dot that all over.
- We're going to mix that together and dot that all over.
Examples
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Scores of big erratic boulders dotted the glacier, some the size of houses.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Des spread out before him, tents and cookfires dotting what had been a battlefield.
Fiction book (1992) -
We're going to mix that together and dot that all over.
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Dot the land from coast to coast.
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Signs saying "We Value Unity" and "No ban, no wall, freedom for all" dotted the crowd.
Academic text (2017) -
The southern side was covered with wet, green trees and dotted with tiny wooden houses.
Fiction book (1992) -
Breakfast tables nationwide are missing sons and daughters, and newly vacant homes dot neighborhoods.
Academic text (2017) -
And my beauties, the tomatoes, are in flower, yellow blossoms dotting the dark green vines.
Fiction book (1990) -
Newsreels and photographs show the ship's railings lined with refugees and a harbor dotted with boats.
Academic text (2017) -
Today, the area around Baures is covered by stretches of blackened soil dotted with charred, twisted trunks.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
106
1.1
To put small drops of liquid or tiny pieces on something
86
2.8
To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order
9
5.0
To splash small drops onto a surface and make spots
4
7.9
To make a picture or texture with many small dots
3
3.9
To cover something with many small spots of a different color
2
5.8
To add small raised pieces to something to hold or decorate it
1
8.8
To cover with small drops or spots like mud and paint
1
9.8
Fill an area with small bright points like stars in the sky
1
5.6
To mark something with small spots
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
5.8
To pay careful attention to small details when finishing a task
Compounds
- Texting
34
3.7
A company that does most of its business on the internet with a website ending in .com
- Texting
7
4.2
A company that does most of its business online, often with a website ending in .com
- Texting
1
3.5
A business that does most of its work online and uses a website ending in .com
- Specialized
1
6.1
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 Dotted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dot (verb) uses the same idea of small spots from old English dott meaning 'small lump' or 'spot', so when something dots a landscape it appears as many little spots across it.