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- Dictionarydap·ple/ˈdapəl/
verb
- 1. mark with spots or rounded patches: "the floor was dappled with pale moonlight"
noun
- 1. a patch or spot of color or light.
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to cover something with spots of colour that are lighter or darker than the main colour, or to cover something with areas of light and darkness: At 7,000 feet, thin patches of snow dapple the sandstone. Fewer examples. For centuries, scientists have measured the sun's activity by counting how many sunspots dapple its surface.
to cover something with spots of color that are lighter or darker than the main color, or to cover something with areas of light and darkness: At 7,000 feet, thin patches of snow dapple the sandstone. Fewer examples. For centuries, scientists have measured the sun's activity by counting how many sunspots dapple its surface.
1. marked or variegated with spots; mottled. : also ˈdappled. noun. 2. a spotted condition. 3. an animal whose skin is spotted. verb transitive, verb intransitive Word forms: ˈdappled or ˈdappling. 4. to cover or become covered with spots, as of a different color. daisies dappled the meadow. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
n. 1. a. Mottled or spotted marking, as on a horse's coat. b. An individual spot. 2. An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat. tr.v. dap·pled, dap·pling, dap·ples. To mark or mottle with spots. [Back-formation from dappled .] dap′ple adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
To dapple is to dot with blotches of color or light, the way sunlight dapples the leaves of trees in the summertime.
To cover or become covered with spots, as of a different color. Daisies dappled the meadow. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Dapple definition: a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.. See examples of DAPPLE used in a sentence.
The meaning of DAPPLE is any of numerous usually cloudy and rounded spots or patches of a color or shade different from their background. How to use dapple in a sentence.
Definitions of 'dapple' 1. marked or variegated with spots; mottled. : [...] 2. a spotted condition. [...] 3. an animal whose skin is spotted. [...] 4. to cover or become covered with spots, as of a different color. [...] More. Conjugations of 'dapple' present simple: I dapple, you dapple [...] past simple: I dappled, you dappled [...]
dapple meaning, definition, what is dapple: to mark something with spots of colour, ...: Learn more.
