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stipple
verb
1 stipple
Engrave by means of dots and flicks.
Roget 558:
engrave,
grave,
stipple,
scrape,
etch;
bite,
bite in;
lithograph
etc.
n.;
print.
Roget 556:
paint,
design,
limn draw,
sketch,
pencil,
scratch,
shade,
stipple,
hatch,
dash off,
chalk out,
square up;
color,
dead color,
wash,
varnish;
draw in pencil
etc.
n.;
paint in oils
etc.
n.;
stencil;
depict
etc.
(represent)
554.
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2 stipple
Make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink.
3 stipple
Apply (paint) in small dots or strokes.
4 stipple
Produce a mottled effect:
— The sunlight stippled the trees.
synonym: speckle.
Roget 440:
be variegated
etc.
adj.;
variegate,
stripe,
streak,
checker,
chequer;
bespeckle†,
speckle;
besprinkle,
sprinkle;
stipple,
maculate,
dot,
bespot†;
tattoo,
inlay,
damascene;
embroider,
braid,
quilt.
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Moby thesaurus: apply paint, autolithograph, band, bar, be a printmaker, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blotch, brush on paint, burr, calcimine, carve, character, check, checker, chisel, chiseling, coat, color, complexion, cover, crease, cribble, cross-hatching, crosshatch, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, daub, deep-dye, demitint, dip, distemper, dot, dottedness, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, enchase, engild, engrave, engravement, engraving, etch, etching, face, fast-dye, flake, fleck, freckle, freckliness, fresco, furrow, gem-engraving, gild, glass-cutting, glaze, gloss, glyptic, grain, grave, graving, groove, half tint, harlequin, hatch, hatching, hue, illuminate, imbue, incise, incision, ingrain, inscribe, inscript, inscription, iris, japan, lacquer, lay on color, line, lining, lithograph, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make prints, marble, marbleize, mark, marking, motley, mottle, mottledness, paint, parget, patch, pepper, pigment, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, prime, print, rainbow, score, scoring, scrape, scratch, scratching, sculpture, shade, shadow, shellac, slash, slashing, slop on paint, smear, spangle, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splotch, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, stippledness, stippling, streak, striate, stripe, stud, tattoo, tessellate, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, tool, tooling, type-cutting, undercoat, variegate, varnish, vein, wash, whitewash ... show more.
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