[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/spots/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / spots # spots noun (a spot, spots); verb (spot, spots, spotted, spotting) «spots» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Small round marks or patches of a different colour on something, like the spots on a ladybird or a Dalmatian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#m1) 2. Small red bumps on the skin, such as pimples or the rash of chickenpox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#m2) 3. Places, as in good spots for a picnic or parking spots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#m3) 4. As a verb, spots means notices or sees something, often something hard to see: she spots a mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#m4) ### In the lessons In science, spots describe animals and patterns (leopards have spots, a ladybird has black spots); in health lessons, spots on the skin can be a sign of an illness like chickenpox or measles; in everyday life we talk about spots on clothes (stains) and parking spots. In stories, "he spots a shadow" tells the reader a character noticed something important. Phrases: "spots and stripes", "come out in spots", "hot spots", "a tight spot" (a difficult situation), "on the spot" (right away, or right there). ### Examples - The leopard has dark spots all over its fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x1) - My little brother came out in itchy spots when he had chickenpox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x2) - There are two red spots of paint on my sleeve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x3) - We found three good spots to put up the tent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x4) - Mum spots a free parking space and drives in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x5) - Sam always spots the hidden animal in the picture first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x6) - A ladybird with seven spots landed on my hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x7) - The teacher spots that I forgot to carry the one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x8) - The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots which decorated his skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x9) ### Note Spots is the plural of the noun "spot" and also the "he/she/it" form of the verb "spot" (spotted, spotting with double t). In British English "spots" often means pimples; Americans more often say "pimples" or "zits". Spotted can mean "seen" or "covered in spots" (a spotted dress). "On the spot" means immediately, not on a stain. If a problem says "a ladybird has 7 spots", count each spot as one; "spots" on dice are the dots that show the number. ## In Jewish tradition In Leviticus these are pale patches on the skin that a priest examines to decide if a person is clean or unclean. Jeremiah uses the leopard's spots in a saying: they cannot be changed, just as people used to doing evil find it hard to change. **Interpretation.** The priest, not a doctor, judged them. If the spots were a dull white, he declared the person clean, since this was only a harmless rash. Jeremiah's saying is read as a warning about how hard it is to change bad habits, though return to God is still possible. ### Examples - And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; (Torah LEV.13.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spots/#x1) - then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin: he is clean. (Torah LEV.13.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spots/#x2) - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? (Prophets JER.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spots/#x3) ### Note Spots is the plural of the noun "spot" and also the "he/she/it" form of the verb "spot" (spotted, spotting with double t). In British English "spots" often means pimples; Americans more often say "pimples" or "zits". Spotted can mean "seen" or "covered in spots" (a spotted dress). "On the spot" means immediately, not on a stain. If a problem says "a ladybird has 7 spots", count each spot as one; "spots" on dice are the dots that show the number. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «spots» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«spots» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spots.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «spots» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spots/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«spots» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/spots.html) on Mova free.