spotted Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb catch sight of
   espy; spot; descry; spy.
   
2. verb detect with the senses
   recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; pick out; discern.
   
   • The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
   • I can't make out the faces in this photograph
3. verb mar or impair with a flaw
   blemish; spot.
   
   • her face was blemished
4. verb make a spot or mark onto
   fleck; blot; spot; blob.
   
   • The wine spotted the tablecloth
5. verb become spotted
   spot.
   
   • This dress spots quickly
6. verb mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
   spot.
   
   • spot the areas that one should clearly identify
7. adjective satellite having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
   patched; spotty.
   
   • a field patched with ice and snow
   • the wall had a spotty speckled effect
   • a black-and-white spotted cow

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