- staining, spotting, maculation - the act of spotting or staining something
--1 is a kind of soiling, soilure, dirtying
Derived form: verb spot3 - detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
--2 is a kind of discovery, find, uncovering
Derived form: verb spot1
- descry, spot, espy, spy - catch sight of
--1 is one way to sight
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun spotter3, noun spotter4, noun spotting2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- blemish, spot - mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished"
--2 is one way to dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- spot, fleck, blob, blot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
--3 is one way to change surface
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun spot3, noun spotting1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- spot - become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
--4 is one way to change
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun spot3
Something ----s
- spot - mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
--5 is one way to mark
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun spot4, noun spotter2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something