fleck

fleck  (flk)

n.

1. A tiny mark or spot: flecks of mica in the rock.

2. A small bit or flake: flecks of foam; a fleck of dandruff.

tr.v. flecked, fleck·ing, flecks

To spot or streak: the path was flecked with sunlight.

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[Probably from Middle English flekked, spotted; akin to Old Norse flekkr, spot.]

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fleck

Noun

1. a small marking or streak

2. a small or tiny piece of something: a fleck of grit

Verb

to speckle: a grey suit flecked with white [probably from Old Norse flekkr stain, spot]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fleck - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" chip, scrap, bit, flake fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood" exfoliation, scurf, scale - a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts sliver, splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
	2.	fleck - 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" dapple, maculation, patch, speckle, spot marking - a pattern of marks speck, pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea splash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" worn spot, fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases mock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots facula - a bright spot on a planet
Verb	1.	fleck - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" blob, blot, 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"

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fleck

noun 1. mark, speck, streak, spot, dot, pinpoint, speckle

verb 2. speckle, mark, spot, dust, dot, streak, dapple, stipple, mottle, variegate, bespeckle, besprinkle

Translations

fleck [flɛk] n → mota

vt (with blood, mud etc) → salpicar;

brown flecked with white → marrón con motas blancas

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fleck [flɛk] n [of dust] → particule f [of mud, paint, colour]; tacheture f, moucheture f

vt → tacher, éclabousser;

brown flecked with white → brun moucheté de blanc

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fleck [flɛk] n → Tupfen m, Punkt m;

(of dust) → Flöckchen nt;

(of mud, paint, colour) → Fleck(en) m

vt → bespritzen;

brown flecked with white → braun mit weißen Punkten

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fleck [flɛk] n [of mud, paint, colour] → macchiolina; [of dust] → granello

vt (with blood, mud etc) → macchiettare;

brown flecked with white → marrone screziato di bianco