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21blot — blot1 blotless, adj. blottingly, adv. blotty, adj. /blot/, n., v., blotted, blotting. n. 1. a spot or stain, esp. of ink on paper. 2. a blemish on a person s character or reputation: He had been haunted by a blot on his past. 3. Archaic. an… …
22blot — blot1 [ blat ] verb transitive to remove liquid from the surface of something using a piece of paper or cloth: Blot off any excess lipstick with a paper tissue. ,blot out phrasal verb transitive 1. ) to cover something so that you can no longer… …
23blot something out — 1 Mary blotted out her picture: ERASE, obliterate, delete, efface, rub out, blank out, expunge; cross out, strike out. 2 clouds were starting to blot out the stars …
24blot — /blɒt / (say blot) noun 1. a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper. 2. a blemish or reproach on character or reputation. 3. an erasure or obliteration, as in a writing. 4. Colloquial the anus. –verb (blotted, blotting) –verb (t) 5. to spot,… …
25blot — I [[t]blɒt[/t]] n. v. blot•ted, blot•ting 1) a spot or stain, esp. of ink or chemicals on paper 2) a blemish on a person s character or reputation 3) to spot, stain, or soil; sully 4) to dry with absorbent paper or the like: to blot the wet… …
26blot — Synonyms and related words: absorb, adsorb, air dry, anhydrate, annihilate, aspersion, assimilate, attaint, baboon, badge of infamy, bag, bake, bar sinister, baton, bedarken, bend sinister, besmirch, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, bestain, black,… …
27blot — I = blot up blot UK [blɒt] / US [blɑt] or blot up UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms blot : present tense I/you/we/they blot he/she/it blots present participle blotting past tense blotted past participle blotted to remove liquid from the… …
28blot — [[t]blɒ̱t[/t]] blots, blotting, blotted 1) N COUNT: N on n If something is a blot on a person s or thing s reputation, it spoils their reputation. ...a blot on the reputation of the architectural profession... This drugs scandal is another blot… …
29blot — {{11}}blot (n.) late 14c., originally blemish, perhaps from O.N. blettr blot, stain, or from O.Fr. blot, variant of bloc block, or blestre blister, lump, clump of earth. {{12}}blot (v.) early 15c., to make blots; mid 15c. to blot out, obliterate… …
30blot something out — 1) clouds were starting to blot out the stars Syn: conceal, hide, obscure, exclude, obliterate, shadow, eclipse 2) he urged her to blot out the memory Syn: erase, blank out, wipe out, eradicate …
