Main entry: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
Definition: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Usage: he made a huge blot on his copybook
Main entry: berth, billet, spot, situation, position, post, place, office
Definition: a job in an organization
Usage: he occupied a post in the treasury
Main entry: spot
Definition: a business establishment for entertainment
Usage: night spot
Main entry: spot
Definition: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
Usage: an eight-spot
Definition: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
Main entry: spot, speckle, dapple, fleck, maculation, patch
Definition: a small contrasting part of something
Usage: a bald spot; a leopard's spots; a patch of clouds; patches of thin ice; a fleck of red
Main entry: blot, spot, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, daub
Definition: a blemish made by dirt
Usage: he had a smudge on his cheek
Definition: an outstanding characteristic
Usage: his acting was one of the high points of the movie
Main entry: spot
Definition: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
Usage: they changed his spot on the program
Main entry: spot
Definition: a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
Definition: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
Main entry: topographic point, spot, place
Definition: a point located with respect to surface features of some region
Usage: this is a nice place for a picnic; a bright spot on a planet
Definition: a small piece or quantity of something
Usage: a spot of tea; a bit of paper; a bit of lint; I gave him a bit of my mind
Definition: a slight attack of illness
Usage: he has a touch of rheumatism
Main entry: spot
Definition: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
Usage: spot the areas that one should clearly identify
Main entry: spot
Definition: become spotted
Usage: This dress spots quickly
Main entry: blob, blot, spot, fleck
Definition: make a spot or mark onto
Usage: The wine spotted the tablecloth
Definition: mar or impair with a flaw
Usage: her face was blemished
Main entry: descry, spot, spy, espy
Definition: catch sight of
Main entry: tell apart, spot, pick out, recognise, recognize, make out, distinguish, discern
Definition: detect with the senses
Usage: The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards; I can't make out the faces in this photograph