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blot1       [blot] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, blot·ted, blot·ting.
–noun
1.a spot or stain, esp. of ink on paper.
2.a blemish on a person's character or reputation: He had been haunted by a blot on his past.
3.Archaic. an erasure or obliteration, as in a writing.
–verb (used with object)
4.to spot, stain, soil, or the like.
5.to darken; make dim; obscure or eclipse (usually fol. by out): We watched as the moon blotted out the sun.
6.to dry with absorbent paper or the like: to blot the wet pane.
7.to remove with absorbent paper or the like.
–verb (used without object)
8.to make a blot; spread ink, dye, etc., in a stain: The more slowly I write, the more this pen blots.
9.to become blotted or stained: This paper blots too easily.
10.Chemistry. to transfer an array of separated components of a mixture to a chemically treated paper for analysis. Compare gel, gel electrophoresis.
—Verb phrase
11.blot out,
a.to make indistinguishable; obliterate: to blot out a name from the record.
b.to wipe out completely; destroy: Whole cities were blotted out by bombs.
[Origin: 1275–1325; (n.) ME blotte, akin to ON blettr blot, spot, stain; (v.) late ME blotten, deriv. of the n.]

—Related forms
blotless, adjective
blot·ting·ly, adverb
blotty, adjective

—Synonyms 1. blotch, ink stain. 2. stain, taint, dishonor, disgrace, spot. 4. sully, disfigure. 5. obliterate, efface, erase, expunge. 7. absorb.
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blot 1       (blŏt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A spot or a stain caused by a discoloring substance: a blot of paint.
  2. A stain on one's character or reputation; a disgrace. See Synonyms at stain.
  3. The Northern, Southern, or Western blot analyses.

v.   blot·ted, blot·ting, blots

v.   tr.
  1. To spot or stain, as with a discoloring substance.
  2. To bring moral disgrace to.
  3. To obliterate (writing, for example).
  4. To make obscure; hide: clouds blotting out the moon.
  5. To destroy utterly; annihilate: War blotted out their traditional way of life.
  6. To soak up or dry with absorbent material.

v.   intr.
  1. To spill or spread in a spot or stain.
  2. To become blotted, soaked up, or absorbed.


[Middle English.]

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