'SPOT' definitions:

Definition of 'spot'

From: WordNet
noun
A point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" [syn: topographic point, place, spot]
noun
A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
noun
An outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" [syn: point, spot]
noun
A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
noun
A small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation]
noun
A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program"
noun
A business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
noun
A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation]
noun
A slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism" [syn: touch, spot]
noun
A small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" [syn: spot, bit]
noun
A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn: spot, pip]
noun
A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [syn: spotlight, spot]
noun
A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot"
noun
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain]
verb
Catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy]
verb
Detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart]
verb
Mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: blemish, spot]
verb
Make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot]
verb
Become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
verb
Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

Definition of 'Spot'

From: GCIDE
  • Spot \Spot\, v. i. To become stained with spots. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spot'

From: GCIDE
  • Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), a. Lit., being on the spot, or place; hence (Com.), on hand for immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as, spot wheat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Spot'

From: GCIDE
  • Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit to eject from the mouth, and cf. Spatter.]
  • 1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. [1913 Webster]
  • Out, damned spot! Out, I say! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. [1913 Webster]
  • Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. "Fixed to one spot." --Otway. [1913 Webster]
  • That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed." --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Zool.) (a) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife. (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • Crescent spot (Zool.), any butterfly of the family Melitaeidae having crescent-shaped white spots along the margins of the red or brown wings.
  • Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field illumination; -- called also spotted lens.
  • Spot rump (Zool.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa haemastica}).
  • Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.
  • On the spot, or Upon the spot, immediately; before moving; without changing place; as, he made his decision on the spot.
  • It was determined upon the spot. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish; place; site; locality. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spot'

From: GCIDE
  • Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spotting.]
  • 1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. [1913 Webster]
  • My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'spot'

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Acronyms for 'SPOT'

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Words containing 'SPOT'