Noun mottling has 1 sense
  1. mottling - the act of coloring with areas of different shades
    --1 is a kind of
    marking
    Derived forms: verb mottle1, verb mottle2
,Verb mottle has 2 senses
  1. mottle, streak, blotch - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
    --1 is one way to color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
    Derived form: noun mottling1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. mottle, dapple, cloud - colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
    --2 is one way to spot
    Derived form: noun mottling1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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