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Spots

noun

1.

Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens. Synonyms: floater, musca volitans, muscae volitantes.

Spot

noun

1.

A point located with respect to surface features of some region. Synonyms: place, topographic point. "A bright spot on a planet"

2.

A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising.

3.

An outstanding characteristic. Synonym: point.

4.

A blemish made by dirt. Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge.

5.

A small contrasting part of something. Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle. "A leopard's spots" , "A patch of clouds" , "Patches of thin ice" , "A fleck of red"

6.

A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance.

7.

A business establishment for entertainment.

8.

A job in an organization. Synonyms: berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation.

9.

A slight attack of illness. Synonym: touch.

10.

A small piece or quantity of something. Synonym: bit. "A bit of paper" , "A bit of lint" , "I gave him a bit of my mind"

11.

A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit). Synonym: pip.

12.

A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer. Synonym: spotlight.

13.

A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value.

14.

An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, stain.

verb

(past & past part. spotted; pres. part. spotting)

1.

Catch sight of. Synonyms: descry, espy, spy.

2.

Detect with the senses. Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, tell apart. "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

3.

Mar or impair with a flaw. Synonym: blemish.

4.

Make a spot or mark onto. Synonyms: blob, blot, fleck.

5.

Become spotted.

6.

Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition.

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"Spots" Quotes from Famous Books

... Philippi is one of the loveliest spots in Northern Palestine. On ground carpeted with an infinite variety of wild flowers, the traveller rests in the grateful shade of oak and mulberry, olive and fig tree. The sound of many waters is heard on all sides as they hasten from the adjacent ...

— The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young • Richard Newton

... honeycombed with vulnerable spots; and to secure the ready writer on your side is ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14) • Elbert Hubbard

... indispensable concomitants of a successful side. The matches, too, must have been played utterly regardless of science. Just fancy a couple of crack teams meeting on a heather-covered field, with the "hailing spots" about a mile and a-half apart, and playing a match lasting four or five hours! Could any of our young men nowadays stand such rough-and-tumble work? Happily it is not required. It has been found that ...

— Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches • David Drummond Bone

... let us not defend ourselves and explain ourselves. Let us take it in silence, thanking the other; and then go to God about it and ask Him. If he was right, let us be humble enough to go and tell him, and praise God together. There is no doubt that we need each other desperately. There are blind spots in all our lives that we shall never see, unless we are prepared for another to be God's ...

— The Calvary Road • Roy Hession

... which bordered it afforded an excellent station for the fleet, and the plain, in spite of its marshes and brushwood, was one of those rare spots where cavalry might be called into play without serious drawbacks. A few hours on foot would bring the bulk of the infantry up to the Acropolis by a fairly good road, while by the same time the fleet would be ...

— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) • G. Maspero

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