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# fleck

noun (a fleck, flecks); verb (fleck, flecks, flecked, flecking)

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

## Everyday

1. A fleck is a tiny spot or mark of colour, or a small piece of something, like a fleck of paint or dust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#m1)
2. (verb) To be flecked with something means to have small spots of it scattered over it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#m2)

### In the lessons

In art and descriptive writing it helps paint a precise picture: «green eyes with flecks of gold». In everyday life it describes small bits: «a fleck of mud». Phrases: «flecks of», «flecked with».

### Examples

- There was a fleck of paint on her nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#x1)
- His eyes were blue with flecks of grey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#x2)
- The bird's feathers were flecked with white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#x3)
- I found a fleck of gold in the stream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#x4)
- Flecks of snow drifted past the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#x5)
- The wall was flecked with mud after the football game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#x6)
- It was written on a leaflet of paper heavily flecked with gold-dust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleck/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a fleck, flecks. Past form: flecked (used as an adjective too: «a flecked egg»). Similar words: speck, spot, dot. «Fleck» is used more for colour; «speck» for dust and dirt.

## On Mova

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