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blot

Pronunciation: /blɒt/

The English word “blot” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
  2. A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
  3. A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
  4. An exposed piece in backgammon.

verb

  1. To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
  2. To soak up or absorb liquid.
  3. To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
  4. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
  5. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  6. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
  7. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
  8. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
  9. To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
  10. To hit a blot.

Etymology

From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”).

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