blotch

blotch

 (blŏch)

n.

1. A spot or blot; a splotch.

2. A discoloration on the skin; a blemish.

3. Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi or bacteria and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit.

tr. & intr.v. blotched, blotch·ing, blotch·es

To mark or become marked with blotches.

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[Probably blend of blot and botch.]

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blotch′i·ly adv.

blotch′i·ness n.

blotch′y adj.

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blotch

(blɒtʃ)

n

an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain

vb

1. to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration

2. (intr) (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches

[C17: probably from botch, influenced by blot¹]

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blotch

(blɒtʃ)
n.

1. a large, irregular spot or blot; stain.

2. a discolored spot on the skin; blemish.

3. any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and characterized by cankers and lesions.

v.t.

4. to mark with blotches.

[1595–1605]

blotch•y, adj. blotch•i•er, blotch•i•est.

blotch′i•ly, adv.

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blotch

Past participle: blotched
Gerund: blotching

Imperative

blotch

blotch

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blotch - an irregularly shaped spot     splodge, splotch blot, smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
Verb	1.	blotch - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained mottle, streak color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

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blotch

noun mark, spot, patch, splash, stain, blot, smudge, blemish, splodge, smirch, smutch His face was covered in red blotches.

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blotch

noun

A discolored mark made by smearing:

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

verb

To mark or soil with spots:

bespatter, spatter, splatter, splotch, spot.

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Translations

بُقْعَةٌ

skvrna

mærkeplet

Ausschlag

tache

blettur, útbrot

chiazza

plankums

skjold

kızartıleke

斑点

blotch

[blɒtʃ] N [of ink, colour] → mancha f; (on skin) → mancha f, erupción f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blotch

[ˈblɒtʃ] n (= mark) → tache f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blotch

n (on skin) → Fleck m; (of ink, colour also) → Klecks m

vt paper, written work → beklecksen, Flecken machen auf (+acc); skin → fleckig werden lassen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blotch

[blɒtʃ] n (of ink, colour) → macchia, chiazza; (on skin) → chiazza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

blotch

(blotʃ) noun

a discoloured mark. Those red blotches on her face are very ugly. vlekke بُقْعَةٌ безцветно петно mancha skvrna der Ausschlag plet; mærke πανάδα mancha, erupción laik لک و پیس läiskä tacheכתם, סימן छाला, व्रण bubuljica pattanás bercak, jerawat blettur, útbrot macchia はん点 검버섯 dėmė plankums tompok merah vlekflekk, klatt, skjoldplama لوی داغ mancha pată прыщ; пятно škvrna madež beleg fläck จุดหรือแต้ม leke, kızartı 斑點 прищ; пляма داغ دھبے vết 斑点

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

blotch

n. marca, roncha o área descolorida de la piel.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

blotch

n (derm) mancha, roncha

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