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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blot.
  • noun Plural form of blot.

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Examples

  • No one truly believes that ignorance of a word blots out knowledge of what that word represents, and in fact it usually works the other way - we know a concept even if we don't know the word for it.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • For families looking for a nongeographic name for these birthmarks, I have suggested using the term "ink blots," but Mongolian spots are a commonly used term in the health care field.

    CNN.com 2011

  • Also the rolls favour the computer in setting up "blots" in it's home board near the beginning of the game which makes it difficult for you to get back in.

    MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2010

  • Also the rolls favour the computer in setting up "blots" in it's home board near the beginning of the game which makes it difficult for you to get back in.

    MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2010

  • "blots," on points are vulnerable to being hit and sent out of the game until a lucky throw of the dice brings them back in.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

  • It may not, on the Day of Judgment, or any other day, lessen its collective responsibility by baptizing certain portions of its organism as extraneous "blots" dropped thereon from without.)

    Your United States Impressions of a first visit Arnold Bennett 1899

  • Prof. SUTHERLAND: Well, they look very different, obviously, in that they are filled with blots, crossings out into linear insertions.

    Manuscripts Suggest Jane Austen Had A Great Editor 2010

  • Prof. SUTHERLAND: Well, they look very different, obviously, in that they are filled with blots, crossings out into linear insertions.

    Manuscripts Suggest Jane Austen Had A Great Editor 2010

  • Prof. SUTHERLAND: Well, they look very different, obviously, in that they are filled with blots, crossings out into linear insertions.

    Manuscripts Suggest Jane Austen Had A Great Editor 2010

  • If he spills something on an exotic-leather item, he blots it gently and then uses a little warm water on the stain right away.

    The Best Care for Python Bags and Alligator Shoes Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2011

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