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dappledap‧ple /ˈdæpəl/ verb [transitive] literary dappleOrigin: 1500-1600 Probably from dapple-gray VERB TABLEdapple |
Present | I, you, we, they | dapple | | he, she, it | dapples | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dappled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dappled | | he, she, it | has dappled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dappled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dapple | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dappled |
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Present | I | am dappling | | he, she, it | is dappling | | you, we, they | are dappling | Past | I, he, she, it | was dappling | | you, we, they | were dappling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dappling | | he, she, it | has been dappling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dappling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dappling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dappling |
- The statue was dappled with light from a stained-glass window.
- Flecks of sunshine dappling fissured bark are a reminder of summers past during the tree's slow progress to maturity.
- He excelled when he caught fine rays of sunlight dappling the surface of a lake.
- It was a mild morning, with a wintry sunshine dappling the ground under the trees.
- See the sunlight dappling through the trees.
- The boats in the marina bobbed, well lit, white light dappling the dark waters.
- The spear-shaped leaves of the gum tree were dappling their faces as the sun moved towards the Andes.
► dappled sunlight (=when sunlight comes through trees)· the dappled sunlight of the forest to mark something with spots of colour, light, or shade |