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1. spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation(verb)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   darn, touch, billet, berth, blot, place, spot, piece, eyepatch, bandage, chip, dapple, flake, post, spotlight, topographic point, point, bit, position, smear, plot of land, temporary hookup, fleck, spotting, staining, slur, maculation, spell, daub, smudge, scrap, while, smirch, situation, office, stain, plot, pip, plot of ground, mend, patch

2. stipple, speckle(verb)

   produce a mottled effect

   "The sunlight stippled the trees"

   Synonyms:
   stipple, bespeckle

3. speckle, bespeckle(verb)

   mark with small spots

   "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"

   Synonyms:
   stipple, bespeckle

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1. speckle(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   mark with spots (of a different color from that of the ground)

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