Word Meaning

blot definition and meaning

v. t. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
v. t. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
v. t. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
v. t. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
v. t. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
v. t. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
v. i. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
n. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.
n. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.
n. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
n. An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
n. A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.
n. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

Crossword clues for blot

- Bad mark
- Blemish
- Ink spot
- Rorschach ink ... test
- small ugly things
- Smudge
- Soak (up)
- Spot or stain
- Stain