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checkered

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check·ered  (chkrd)
adj.
1. Divided into squares.
2. Marked by light and dark patches; diversified in color.
3. Marked by great changes or shifts in fortune: a checkered career.
checkered
Adjective
US & Canad same as chequered
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.checkered - patterned with alternating squares of color
checked, chequered
patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
2.checkered - marked by changeable fortune; "a checkered business career"
changeful, changeable - such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices"


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When they came out of the woods, all his attention was engrossed by the view of the fallow land on the upland, in parts yellow with grass, in parts trampled and checkered with furrows, in parts dotted with ridges of dung, and in parts even ploughed.
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She caught sight of a little green table, blotched with the checkered sunlight that filtered through the quivering leaves overhead.
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It is a park checkered by pleasant highways and avenues.
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