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Definition of Blot

1. Verb. Dry (ink) with blotting paper.

2. Noun. A blemish made by dirt. "He had a smudge on his cheek"

3. Verb. Make a spot or mark onto. "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

4. Noun. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. "He made a huge blot on his copybook"

Definition of Blot

1. v. t. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

2. v. i. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

3. n. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.

4. n. An exposure of a single man to be taken up.

Definition of Blot

1. Noun. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. ¹

2. Noun. (context: by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. ¹

3. Noun. (biochemistry) The Southern blot analysis (and derived Northern and Western) analytical techniques. ¹

4. Noun. (backgammon) an exposed piece in backgammon. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) to soak up, or absorb liquid ¹

7. Verb. to hide, obscure or obliterate something ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blot

1. to spot or stain [v BLOTTED, BLOTTING, BLOTS]

Medical Definition of Blot

1. 1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. "The brief was writ and blotted all with gore." (Gascoigne) 2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. "It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads." (Shak) 3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace. "Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood." (Rowe) 4. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses. "One act like this blots out a thousand crimes." (Dryden) 5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. "He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane." (Cowley) 6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper. Synonym: To obliterate, expunge, erase, efface, cancel, tarnish, disgrace, blur, sully, smear, smutch. Origin: Cf. Dan. Plette. See Blot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blot

blosmy blossite blossom blossom forth blossom out blossome blossomed blossomest blossometh blossomiest

blossoming blossomings blossomless blossoms blossomy blot (current term) blot on the escutcheon blot one's copy book blot out blot test

blotch blotched blotches blotchier blotchiest blotchily blotchiness blotching blotchings blotchy

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