- dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled - having a pattern of dots
Antonyms: plain, unpatterned (indirect, via patterned)
- stipple - engrave by means of dots and flicks
--1 is one way to engrave
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stipple - make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
--2 is one way to paint
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stippler1
Somebody ----s something
- stipple - apply (paint) in small touches
--3 is one way to paint
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stippler1
Somebody ----s something
- stipple, speckle - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
--4 is one way to mottle, dapple, cloud
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stipple - make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink