Spotted
['spɒtɪd] or ['spɑtɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Spot
(a.) Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
Checker: Mortimer
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Speckled, bespeckled, bespotted, dotted, freckled, spotty.
Edited by Leopold
Examples
- And he's spotted, and I know with what, and with whose. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I spotted that harpoon upon the wall, and I thought I might need it before I was through. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The color is a yellowish gray on the back, spotted with yellow and brown; the belly white or red, with golden spots in young specimens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I do not know whether the spotted handkerchiefs which so many of them wear over their heads might have suggested the strange adjective which she used. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They did not want to have any movement on the road spotted by planes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He had spotted the place. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I had bought a spotted wooden horse over-night as a parting gift to little Wilkins Micawber--that was the boy--and a doll for little Emma. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Having once spotted my man, it was easy to get corroboration. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- You did not see it at all until you were up to it and Robert Jordan knew it could not be spotted from the air. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Editor: Pierre