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11blot — blot1 [blɔt US bla:t] v past tense and past participle blotted present participle blotting [T] 1.) to make a wet surface become dry by pressing soft paper or cloth on it 2.) blot your copybook BrE informal to do something that spoils the idea… …
12blot — /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,… …
13blot out — verb make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (Freq. 6) a hidden message a veiled threat • Syn: ↑obscure, ↑obliterate, ↑veil, ↑hide • Derivationally related forms …
14blot — 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… …
15blot — {{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… …
16blot out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms blot out : present tense I/you/we/they blot out he/she/it blots out present participle blotting out past tense blotted out past participle blotted out 1) to cover something so that you can no longer see it… …
17blot — n. & v. n. 1 a spot or stain of ink etc. 2 a moral defect in an otherwise good character; a disgraceful act or quality. 3 any disfigurement or blemish. v. (blotted, blotting) 1 a tr. spot or stain with ink; smudge. b intr. (of a pen, ink, etc.)… …
18blot out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mark out] Syn. deface, cross out, scratch out, delete; see cancel 1 . 2. [To obscure] Syn. darken, blur, shroud, eclipse; see shade 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, clear,… …
19blot out — transitive verb Date: 1530 1. to make obscure, insignificant, or inconsequential 2. wipe out, destroy …
20blot out — verb a) to obscure The moon blotted out the sun and all was dark. b) to make something undecipherable; to obliterate From the time he had left the house in Soho on the morning of the murder, he was simply blotted out; and gradually, as time drew… …
