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# speckle

noun (a speckle, speckles); verb (speckle, speckles, speckled, speckling); adjective (speckled)

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

## Everyday

1. (noun) A small spot or mark of colour, one of many: "speckles of paint". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#m1)
2. (verb) To cover with lots of small spots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#m2)
3. (speckled, adjective) Covered with many small spots: a speckled egg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#m3)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons speckles help camouflage: speckled eggs, speckled trout and speckled birds blend into stones and leaves. In art lessons speckling (flicking paint off a toothbrush) makes stars or sand. In stories "speckled with" describes a surface dotted with something: a sky speckled with stars, a face speckled with freckles. Phrases: speckled with, speckled hen, speckled egg.

### Examples

- The thrush's egg was blue with dark speckles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#x1)
- Her face was speckled with mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#x2)
- We speckled white paint on black paper to make stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#x3)
- The speckled frog sat on a log. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#x4)
- The trout has a speckled back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#x5)
- The floor was speckled with sawdust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speckle/#x6)

### Note

"Speckled" (the adjective) is much more common than "speckle". Similar words: spot, dot, fleck, freckle. "Speckled with" + noun.

## On Mova

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