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Definition of 'blot'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
* Shakespeare
- inky blots
(by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
* Shakespeare
- This deadly blot in thy digressing son.
(biochemistry) The Southern blot analysis (and derived Northern and Western) analytical techniques.
(backgammon) an exposed piece in backgammon.
Verb
to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
to soak up or absorb liquid.
- This paper blots easily.
To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
* Gascoigne
- The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore.
To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
* Shakespeare
- It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
* Rowe
- Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood.
To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out .
- to blot out a word or a sentence
* Dryden
- One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
* Cowley
- He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
Derived terms
* blotting paper
* blot out
Anagrams
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Similar to 'blot'built, bolt, belt, bleat, blat, bluet, bloat, blit, bilat, blet, buolt, balut, balot
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