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blot¹

(blŏt)

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.

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. The membrane onto which these proteins or nucleic acids have been transferred.

v. blot·ted, blot·ting, blots

v.tr.

1. To soak up or dry with absorbent material. Often used with up: blotted the spill with a napkin; used a rag to blot up the paint.

a. To make obscure or invisible; hide. Often used with out: clouds blotting out the moon.

b. To render invisible or unreadable by marking; obliterate. Often used with out: blotted out the names with a pen.

c. To remove or block from personal memory or public remembrance. Often used with out: "His death in the hour of victory blotted out his failings and left a heroic memory" (N.A.M. Rodger).

3. To spot or stain, as with a discoloring substance: Grass stains blotted the knees of his pants.

4. To bring moral disgrace to: an incident that blotted the senator's reputation.

v.intr.

1. To spill or spread in a spot or stain.

2. To become blotted, soaked up, or absorbed.

[Middle English.]

blot²

(blŏt)

1. Games An exposed piece in backgammon.

2. Archaic A weak point.

[Possibly from Low German blat, naked, unprotected.]

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blot

(blɒt)

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

vb, blots, blotting or blotted

4. (of ink, dye, etc) to form spots or blobs on (a material) or (of a person) to cause such spots or blobs to form on (a material)

5. blot one's copybook informal to spoil one's reputation by making a mistake, offending against social customs, etc

6. (intr) to stain or become stained or spotted

7. (tr) to cause a blemish in or on; disgrace

8. to soak up (excess ink, etc) by using blotting paper or some other absorbent material

9. (of blotting paper or some other absorbent material) to absorb (excess ink, etc)

10.

a. to darken or hide completely; obscure; obliterate

b. to destroy; annihilate

[C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch bluyster blister]

blot

(blɒt)

1. (Games, other than specified) backgammon a man exposed by being placed alone on a point and therefore able to be taken by the other player

2. archaic a weak spot

[C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch bloot poor]

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blot¹

(blɒt)

n., v. blot•ted, blot•ting. n.

1. a spot or stain, esp. of ink or chemicals on paper.

2. a blemish on a person's character or reputation.

v.t.

3. to spot, stain, or soil; sully.

4. to dry with absorbent paper or the like: to blot the wet pane.

5. to remove with absorbent paper or the like.

v.i.

6. to make a blot; spread ink, dye, etc., in a stain.

7. to become blotted or stained.

8. to transfer components of a mixture to a chemically treated paper for analysis.

9. blot out,

a. to make indistinguishable; obscure.

b. to destroy completely; obliterate; wipe out.

[1275–1325; Middle English blotte, akin to Old Norse blettr blot, spot, stain]

blot²

(blɒt)

n.

1. an exposed backgammon piece liable to be taken or forfeited.

2. Archaic. an exposed or weak point.

[1590–1600]

blot

Past participle: blotted
Gerund: blotting

Imperative
blot
blot

Present
I blot
you blot
he/she/it blots
we blot
you blot
they blot

Preterite
I blotted
you blotted
he/she/it blotted
we blotted
you blotted
they blotted

Present Continuous
I am blotting
you are blotting
he/she/it is blotting
we are blotting
you are blotting
they are blotting

Present Perfect
I have blotted
you have blotted
he/she/it has blotted
we have blotted
you have blotted
they have blotted

Past Continuous
I was blotting
you were blotting
he/she/it was blotting
we were blotting
you were blotting
they were blotting

Past Perfect
I had blotted
you had blotted
he/she/it had blotted
we had blotted
you had blotted
they had blotted

Future
I will blot
you will blot
he/she/it will blot
we will blot
you will blot
they will blot

Future Perfect
I will have blotted
you will have blotted
he/she/it will have blotted
we will have blotted
you will have blotted
they will have blotted

Future Continuous
I will be blotting
you will be blotting
he/she/it will be blotting
we will be blotting
you will be blotting
they will be blotting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blotting
you have been blotting
he/she/it has been blotting
we have been blotting
you have been blotting
they have been blotting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blotting
you will have been blotting
he/she/it will have been blotting
we will have been blotting
you will have been blotting
they will have been blotting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blotting
you had been blotting
he/she/it had been blotting
we had been blotting
you had been blotting
they had been blotting

Conditional
I would blot
you would blot
he/she/it would blot
we would blot
you would blot
they would blot

Past Conditional
I would have blotted
you would have blotted
he/she/it would have blotted
we would have blotted
you would have blotted
they would have blotted

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Noun	1.	blot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" blotch, splodge, splotch - an irregularly shaped spot fingermark, fingerprint - a smudge made by a (dirty) finger inkblot - a blot made with ink
	2.	blot - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" smirch, smear, stain, spot error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
Verb	1.	blot - dry (ink) with blotting paper imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, absorb, suck, take up, take in, draw - take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
	2.	blot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" blob, fleck, spot stain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface splotch - blotch or spot maculate, tarnish, defile, sully, stain - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" bespeckle, speckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" bespatter, spatter - spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"

blot

noun

1. disgrace, spot, fault, stain, scar, defect, flaw, taint, blemish, demerit, smirch, blot on your escutcheon a blot on the reputation of the architectural profession

2. spot, mark, patch, smear, smudge, speck, blotch, splodge, stain an ink blot

verb

1. soak up, take up, absorb, draw up, dry up, mop up, suck up, sop up blot any excess oils with a tissue

2. stain, mark, spot, spoil, disgrace, tarnish, disfigure, sully, smirch Only one memorable slip-up has blotted his career.

blot something out

1. obliterate, hide, shadow, disguise, obscure, blur, eclipse, block out, efface, obfuscate The victim's face was blotted out by a camera blur.

2. erase, cancel, eradicate, excise, obliterate, efface, expunge He is blotting certain memories out.

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blot

noun

1. A discolored mark made by smearing:

blotch, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain.

2. A mark of discredit or disgrace:

black eye, blemish, onus, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish.

Archaic: attaint.

Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon.

verb

To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean.Also used with out:

annul, cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out).

Law: vacate.

phrasal verb
blot out

To destroy all traces of:

abolish, annihilate, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.

Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.

Translations

بُقْعَةٌوَصْمَةٌ، شائِبَةٌيُجَفِّفُ، يُنَشِّفُيُلَطِّخُ، يُلَوِّثُ

kaňkapokaňkatskvrnavysát

klatpletpletteskamplettørre

ablöschen Klecks klecksen löschen Schandfleck

pâté sécher tache tacher

bepacázleitatpacaszégyenfolt

bletta, óhreinkabletturòerra

macchia macchiare onta infamia

aptaškytikas nors bjaurauskas nors nemalonausnuspaustisugeriamasis popierius

aptraipītnosusinātnotraipīttraipstrūkums

bruke trekkpapir flekke til skamplett

клякса пятно

machuľa

çirkin şeykurulamakleke lekelemekmürekkep damlatmak

不雅观的事物弄上墨渍污渍污点用吸墨纸吸干

blot

[blɒt]

A. N [of ink] → borrón m, mancha f (fig) (on reputation etc) → tacha f, mancha f
the chimney is a blot on the landscape → la chimenea afea el paisaje
a blot on the family escutcheon → una mancha en el honor de la familia

B. VT

1. (= spot) (with ink) → manchar (fig) [+ reputation] → desacreditar
to blot one's copybook (Brit) → manchar su reputación

2. (= dry) (with blotter) [+ ink, writing] → secar

C. VI [pen] → echar borrones; [ink] → correrse

blot out VT + ADV

1. (lit) [+ words] → borrar

2. (fig) [mist, fog] [+ view] → tapar, ocultar; [+ memories] → borrar

blot up VT + ADV [+ ink] → secar

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blot

[ˈblɒt]

(= mark) → tache f

(= shame) → tache f
to be a blot on [+ reputation] → tacher
to be a blot on the landscape → gâcher le paysage

(= dry) [+ face, skin] → sécher; [+ ink, writing] → passer un buvard sur

to blot one's copy book → ternir sa réputation

blot out

[+ memories] → effacer

[+ view, sun, sky] → cacher, masquer

blot

(of ink) → (Tinten)klecks m

(fig, on honour, reputation) → Fleck m (→ on auf +dat); a blot on his career → ein schwarzer Fleck in seiner Karriere; a blot on the landscape → ein Schandfleck m → in der Landschaft

(= make ink spots on) → beklecksen; to blot one’s copybook (fig) → sich unmöglich machen; (with sb) → es sich (dat) → verderben

(= dry) ink, page → ablöschen; skin, face etc → abtupfen

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blot

[blɒt]

1. n → macchia
to be a blot on the landscape → rovinare il paesaggio

2. vt

a. (spot with ink) → macchiare d'inchiostro
to blot one's copy book (fig) → farla grossa

b. (dry, ink, writing) → asciugare

blot out vt + adv (memories, words) → cancellare; (view, sun) → nascondere, offuscare; (nation, city) → annientare

blot

(blot) noun

1. a spot or stain (often of ink). an exercise book full of blots.

2. something ugly. a blot on the landscape.

verb – past tense, past participle ˈblotted –

1. to spot or stain, especially with ink. I blotted this sheet of paper in three places when my nib broke.

2. to dry with blotting-paper. Blot your signature before you fold the paper.

ˈblotter noun

a pad or sheet of blotting-paper.

ˈblotting-paper noun

soft paper used for drying up ink.

blot one's copybook

to make a bad mistake. He has really blotted his copybook by being late for the interview.

blot out

to hide from sight. The rain blotted out the view.

blot

n blot m, tipo de prueba médica muy precisa; Western (Southern, etc.) — Western (Southern, etc.) blot; vt (pret & pp blotted; ger blotting) secar por presión con material absorbente

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From the middle of the building an ugly flat-topped octagonal tower ascended against the east horizon, and viewed from this spot, on its shady side and against the light, it seemed the one blot on the city's beauty.

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I even recollect that under this name there was a blot of ink."

but there was, though; I know it, because I rubbed my finger - this very one - in the powder that was over the blot."

Baisemeaux," said Aramis, "and whatever you may have seen, the order is signed to release Marchiali, blot or no blot."

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From being the best electric- lighted town in the kingdom and the most like a recumbent sun of anything you ever saw, it was be- come simply a blot -- a blot upon darkness -- that is to say, it was darker and solider than the rest of the darkness, and so you could see it a little better; it made me feel as if maybe it was symbolical -- a sort of sign that the Church was going to KEEP the upper hand now, and snuff out all my beautiful civilization just like that.

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Was I, then, a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned?

No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses; or if they had, all my past life was now a blot, a blind vacancy in which I distinguished nothing.

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I mean to blot it a good deal and shake some water over it out of the pepper-castor to make it look penitent.

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The smoke of the Macedonia had dwindled to a dim blot on the north- eastern horizon.

The blot of smoke which indicated the Macedonia's position had reappeared.

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His soul of his soul's strife, And cleanse from every blot of blood

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If Beth had wanted any reward, she found it in the bright little faces always turned up to her window, with nods and smiles, and the droll little letters which came to her, full of blots and gratitude.

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