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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dot \Dot\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dotting}.]
1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dotted \Dot"ted\, adjective Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.
{Dotted note} (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes.
{Dotted rest}, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as a dotted note.
Note: Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters of their simple value, and they are then said to be double-dotted.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dotted
adjective
1: having a pattern of dots [syn: {flecked}, {specked}, {speckled}, {stippled}]
2: having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line" [syn: {dashed}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dot
noun
1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" [syn: {point}]
2: the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 [syn: {Department of Transportation}, {Transportation}]
3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code [syn: {dit}]
4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid}, {back breaker}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {Elvis}, {loony toons}, {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane}, {superman}, {window pane}, {Zen}]
verb
1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" [syn: {stud}, {constellate}]
2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: {scatter}, {sprinkle}, {dust}, {disperse}]
3: make a dot or dots
4: mark with a dot; "dot your 'i's" [also: {dotting}, {dotted}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dotted See {dot}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "dotted": bespangled, blotched, blotchy, dotty, dusted, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckled, freckly, macular, maculate, maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot, powdered, punctated, spangled, spattered, specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded
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