Noun spotting has 2 senses
  1. staining, spotting, maculation - the act of spotting or staining something
    --1 is a kind of soiling, soilure, dirtying
    Derived form: verb spot3
  2. 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
,Verb spot has 5 senses
  1. descry, spot, espy, spy - catch sight of
    --1 is one way to sight
    Derived forms: noun spotter3, noun spotter4, noun spotting2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. 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
  3. spot, fleck, blob, blot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
    --3 is one way to change surface
    Derived forms: noun spot3, noun spotting1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. spot - become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
    --4 is one way to
    change
    Derived form: noun spot3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. 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
    Derived forms: noun spot4, noun spotter2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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