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fleck
(flĕk)n.
1. A tiny mark or spot: flecks of mica in the rock.
2. A small bit or flake: a fleck of dandruff.
tr.v. flecked, fleck·ing, flecks
To spot or streak: the path was flecked with sunlight.
[Probably from Middle English flekked, spotted; akin to Old Norse flekkr, spot.]
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fleck
(flɛk)n
1. a small marking or streak; speckle
2. a small particle; speck: a fleck of dust.
vb
(tr) Also: flecker to mark or cover with flecks; speckle
[C16: probably from Old Norse flekkr stain, spot; related to Old High German flec spot, plot of land]
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fleck
(flɛk)n.
1. a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
2. a spot or small patch of color, light, etc.
v.t. 3. to mark with flecks; spot; dapple.
[1350–1400; Middle English flekked spotted; akin to Old Norse flekkr spot, streak, Old High German flec, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch vlecken to soil]
fleck′less, adj.
fleck′y, adj.
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fleck
- Of Scandinavian origin, it came from the adjective flecked, "spotted."See also related terms for spotted.
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fleck
Past participle: flecked
Gerund: flecking
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Noun | 1. | fleck - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood" scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts |
2. | fleck - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" marking - a pattern of marks nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea splash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases mock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots facula - a bright spot on a planet | |
Verb | 1. | fleck - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" stain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface splotch - blotch or spot |
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fleck
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Translations
بُقْعَه، نُقْطَه
skvrnazrníčko
plet
pötty
blettur; ögn
krisleliskruopelytė
lāsumiņšplankumspunktiņš
fleck
[flek]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fleck
[ˈflɛk] n
[dust] → particule f
[mud, paint, colour] → petite tache f, moucheture f
(in fabric) → moucheture f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fleck
n (of red etc) → Tupfen m; (of mud, paint) (= blotch) → Fleck(en) m; (= speckle) → Spritzer m; (of fluff, dust) → Teilchen nt, → Flöckchen nt
vt → sprenkeln; (with mud etc) → bespritzen; flecked wool → melierte Wolle; blue flecked with white → blau mit weißen Tupfen or Punkten, blau und weiß gesprenkelt; the sky was flecked with little clouds → der Himmel war mit Schäfchenwolken übersät
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fleck
(flek) noun a spot. a fleck of dust.
flecked adjective marked with spots. a flecked pattern.
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