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- Dictionaryblot/blät/
noun
- 1. a dark mark or stain, typically one made by ink, paint, or dirt: "a blot of ink" Similar
verb
- 1. dry (a wet surface or substance) using an absorbent material: "Guy blotted his face with a dust rag" Similar Opposite
- 2. mark or stain (something): "dark patches of dirt blotted the gray dress" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of BLOT is a soiling or disfiguring mark : spot. How to use blot in a sentence.
BLOT definition: 1. a small area of ink made by mistake: 2. to dry a wet surface, or writing done in ink, by…. Learn more.
noun. a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper. Synonyms: blotch. a blemish on a person's character or reputation: He had been haunted by a blot on his past. Synonyms: spot, disgrace, dishonor, taint, stain. Archaic. an erasure or obliteration, as in a writing.
A blot is a dirty smudge, mark, or stain, like the giant blot of ketchup that remains on your shirt long after the hotdog-eating contest is over. A blot tends to mar or dirty a pristine surface, whether it's an ink blot on the book report you spent hours writing, or a blot of black paint on a white kitchen counter.
n. 1. A spot or a stain caused by a discoloring substance: a blot of paint. 2. An association of disgrace with one's character or reputation. See Synonyms at stain. 3. a. A laboratory technique, such as a Southern blot analysis, that involves electrophoretically separating proteins or nucleic acids and transferring them to a membrane. b.
noun. 1. a stain or spot of ink, paint, dirt, etc. 2. something that spoils or detracts from the beauty or worth of something. 3. a blemish or stain on one's character or reputation. verb Word forms: blots, blotting, blotted. 4.
BLOT meaning: 1. a small area of ink made by mistake: 2. to dry a wet surface, or writing done in ink, by…. Learn more.
An association of disgrace with one's character or reputation. American Heritage. Anything that spoils or mars, esp. by providing an unpleasant contrast. That shack is a blot on the landscape. Webster's New World. A moral stain; disgrace. Webster's New World. The Northern, Southern, or Western blot analyses. American Heritage. Similar definitions.
blot (on something) something that damages the opinion that other people have of you, or your happiness. Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character. There was just a tiny blot on his happiness.
BLOT definition: 1. to dry wet marks using soft paper or a cloth 2. a mark on something, made by ink or paint…. Learn more.