1. spotting - noun
· the act of spotting or staining something
Synonym(s): staining, maculation
Hypernym(s): soiling, soilure, dirtying
2. spotting - noun
· the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Synonym(s): detection, catching, espial, spying
Hypernym(s): discovery, find, uncovering
3. spot - verb
· catch sight of
4. spot - verb
· detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
Synonym(s): recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick_out, make_out, tell_apart
5. spot - verb
· mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished"
Synonym(s): blemish
Hypernym(s): dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
6. spot - verb
· make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
Hypernym(s): change_surface
7. spot - verb
· become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
Hypernym(s): change
8. spot - verb
· mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
Hypernym(s): mark
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