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# dapple

noun (dapples); adjective (dapple grey); verb (dapples, dappled, dappling)

«dapple» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as under trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dapple/#m1)
2. (of a horse) Grey with darker round spots, as in «dapple grey». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dapple/#m2)
3. To mark something with spots or patches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dapple/#m3)

### In the lessons

describes the light moving under green trees, or a horse's coat

### Examples

- His eyes were skilled to observe the dusk and dapple of green woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dapple/#x1)
- He rode a dapple grey horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dapple/#x2)
- Sunlight dappled the forest floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dapple/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dapple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dapple/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dapple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dapple.html) on Mova free.