dapple
31dapple-grey — noun grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings • Syn: ↑dapple gray, ↑dappled grey, ↑dappled gray • Hypernyms: ↑gray, ↑grayness, ↑grey, ↑greyness …
32dapple-bay — dappˈle bayˈ adjective and noun (an animal, esp a horse) of bay colour, variegated with dapples • • • Main Entry: ↑dapple …
33dapple — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dappel gray, adjective, gray marked with spots of another color Date: 1580 1. any of numerous usually cloudy and rounded spots or patches of a color or shade different from their background 2. the quality or… …
34dapple — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To mark with many small spots: bespeckle, besprinkle, dot, fleck, freckle, mottle, pepper, speck, speckle, sprinkle, stipple. See MARKS …
35dapple — dap·ple || dæpl v. mark with spots or patches; be marked with spots n. spot, patch; patch of colour; patch of light …
36dapple — lapped …
37dapple — verb [often as adjective dappled] mark with spots or rounded patches. noun 1》 a patch of colour or light. 2》 an animal whose coat is dappled. Origin C16 (as adjective): perh. related to ON depill spot …
38dapple — I. a. Variegated, spotted, dappled. II. v. a. Variegate, spot, diversify …
39dapple — verb (T) literary to mark something with spots of colour, light, or shade …
40dapple — verb we dappled the wall by gently flicking the paintbrushes Syn: dot, spot, fleck, streak, speck, speckle, mottle, marble …
