to mote
1
9.9
To become covered with small bits of dust
- verb
- /moʊt/
- Archaic
:
cubrir de polvo
- moted with dust
Examples
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That is my word, so mote it be.
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That is my word, so mote it be.
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Out of the pit that lives in me, your heart's desire, so mote it be.
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As the old book lay untouched for years, it began to mote with dust.
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The abandoned house was mote with tiny particles floating in the sunlight.
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After leaving the window open all night, the room was covered in a thin layer of mote from the outside air.
Synonyms
to dust
vsto mote
29
2.5
To cover something with a light layer of fine powder
is archaic and means to become covered with very small specks
How Covered
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb mote comes from the noun mote meaning 'tiny speck', so to be 'moted' meant to be covered with small particles like dust. That's why the verb described something becoming full of tiny bits.