Spot: English to English |
Spot (n.) A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. |
Spot (n.) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife. |
Spot (n.) A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. |
Spot (n.) A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card. |
Spot (n.) A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. |
Spot (n.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. |
Spot (n.) Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. |
Spot (n.) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish. |
Spot (v. i.) To become stained with spots. |
Spot (v. t.) To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper. |
Spot (v. t.) To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. |
Spot (v. t.) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. |