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# spotted

adjective (spotted); verb form (past of spot: spot, spots, spotted, spotting)

«spotted» 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. Spotted means covered with a pattern of spots or dots: «a spotted dog». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#m1)
2. Spotted is the past form of «spot»: to notice or see something, especially something hard to find. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, spotted animals (leopards, ladybirds, Dalmatians) use their patterns for camouflage or warning. In stories and puzzles, a character spotted a clue. In safety, «If you spotted something wrong, tell an adult.» Phrases: «spotted the difference», «got spotted», «spotted dick» (a British pudding).

### Examples

- The Dalmatian has a spotted coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#x1)
- I spotted my friend in the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#x2)
- She spotted a mistake in her sum and fixed it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#x3)
- We spotted a deer in the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#x4)
- Ladybirds are red and spotted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#x5)
- Have you spotted the five differences in the pictures? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#x6)
- The thief was spotted on camera. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#x7)
- A pretty Barbel, with spotted skin, and an enviably round back, declared that the "human fry" were still there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spotted/#x8)

### Note

Past of «spot» with a double t: spot → spotted, spotting. Similar adjective: «spotty» (often means having pimples). «Spotted» (pattern) vs «striped» (lines).

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means marked with patches of different color, said of sheep and goats. It is not about noticing something.

**Interpretation.** In Jacob's story, spotted and speckled animals are to be his wages from Laban. Tradition sees Jacob's success as God's help, since Laban had cheated him.

### Examples

- And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted. (Torah GEN.30.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spotted/#x1)
- I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire. (Torah GEN.30.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spotted/#x2)

### Note

Past of «spot» with a double t: spot → spotted, spotting. Similar adjective: «spotty» (often means having pimples). «Spotted» (pattern) vs «striped» (lines).

## On Mova

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