ALL meanings of blot
blot
B b - countable noun blot If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation. 3
- countable noun blot A blot is a drop of liquid that has fallen on to a surface and has dried. 3
- verb blot If you blot a surface, you remove liquid from it by pressing a piece of soft paper or cloth onto it. 3
- noun blot a stain or spot of ink, paint, dirt, etc 3
- noun blot something that spoils or detracts from the beauty or worth of something 3
- noun blot a blemish or stain on one's character or reputation 3
- verb blot (of ink, dye, etc) to form spots or blobs on (a material) or (of a person) to cause such spots or blobs to form on (a material) 3
- verb blot to stain or become stained or spotted 3
- verb blot to cause a blemish in or on; disgrace 3
- verb blot to soak up (excess ink, etc) by using blotting paper or some other absorbent material 3
- verb blot (of blotting paper or some other absorbent material) to absorb (excess ink, etc) 3
- verb blot to darken or hide completely; obscure; obliterate 3
- verb blot to destroy; annihilate 3
- noun blot a man exposed by being placed alone on a point and therefore able to be taken by the other player 3
- noun blot a weak spot 3
- noun blot a spot or stain, esp. of ink 3
- noun blot anything that spoils or mars, esp. by providing an unpleasant contrast 3
- noun blot a moral stain; disgrace 3
- verb transitive blot to make blots on; spot, stain, or blur 3
- verb transitive blot to stain (a reputation); disgrace 3
- verb transitive blot to erase or get rid of 3
- verb transitive blot to dry by soaking up the wet liquid, as with blotting paper 3
- intransitive verb blot to make blots 3
- intransitive verb blot to become blotted 3
- intransitive verb blot to be absorbent 3
- noun blot an exposed piece, liable to capture 3
- noun blot a weak point; fault; failing 3
- noun blot Backgammon. an exposed piece liable to be taken or forfeited. 1
- noun blot Archaic. an exposed or weak point, as in an argument or course of action. 1
- verb with object blot to spot, stain, soil, or the like. 1
- verb with object blot to darken; make dim; obscure or eclipse (usually followed by out): We watched as the moon blotted out the sun. 1
- verb with object blot to dry with absorbent paper or the like: to blot the wet pane. 1
- verb with object blot to remove with absorbent paper or the like. 1
- verb without object blot to make a blot; spread ink, dye, etc., in a stain: The more slowly I write, the more this pen blots. 1
- verb without object blot to become blotted or stained: This paper blots too easily. 1
- verb without object blot Chemistry. to transfer an array of separated components of a mixture to a chemically treated paper for analysis. Compare gel, gel electrophoresis. 1
- transitive verb blot remove excess ink 1
- transitive verb blot remove spillage 1
- transitive verb blot disgrace 1
- noun blot blemish, stain 1
- noun blot stain on reputation 1
- noun blot A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. 0
- noun blot (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. 0
- noun blot (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier. 0
- noun blot (backgammon) an exposed piece in backgammon. 0
- verb blot (Transitive Verb) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance. 0
- verb blot (Intransitive Verb) to soak up or absorb liquid. 0
- verb blot (Transitive Verb) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper. 0
- verb blot (Transitive Verb) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. 0
- verb blot (Transitive Verb) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. 0