stipple

stipplestippled drawing

stip·ple

S0764100 (stĭp′əl)tr.v. stip·pled, stip·pling, stip·ples 1. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.3. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds" (Flannery O'Connor).n.1. A method of drawing, engraving, or painting using dots or short strokes.2. The effect produced by stippling.

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[Dutch stippelen, frequentative of stippen, to speckle, from stip, dot, from Middle Dutch.]

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stip′pler n.

stipple

(ˈstɪpəl) vb (tr) 1. (Art Terms) to draw, engrave, or paint using dots or flecks2. (Art Terms) to apply paint, powder, etc, to (something) with many light dabs3. (Building) to give (wet paint, cement, etc) a granular effectn (Art Terms) the technique of stippling or a picture produced by or using stippling[C18: from Dutch stippelen, from stippen to prick, from stip point] ˈstippler n

stip•ple

(ˈstɪp əl)

v. -pled, -pling,
n. v.t. 1. to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches. n. 2. the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling. 3. stippled work. Also, stip′pling.[1660–70; < Dutch stippelen]stip′pler, n.

stipple

Past participle: stippled
Gerund: stippling

Imperative
stipple
stipple

Present
I stipple
you stipple
he/she/it stipples
we stipple
you stipple
they stipple

Preterite
I stippled
you stippled
he/she/it stippled
we stippled
you stippled
they stippled

Present Continuous
I am stippling
you are stippling
he/she/it is stippling
we are stippling
you are stippling
they are stippling

Present Perfect
I have stippled
you have stippled
he/she/it has stippled
we have stippled
you have stippled
they have stippled

Past Continuous
I was stippling
you were stippling
he/she/it was stippling
we were stippling
you were stippling
they were stippling

Past Perfect
I had stippled
you had stippled
he/she/it had stippled
we had stippled
you had stippled
they had stippled

Future
I will stipple
you will stipple
he/she/it will stipple
we will stipple
you will stipple
they will stipple

Future Perfect
I will have stippled
you will have stippled
he/she/it will have stippled
we will have stippled
you will have stippled
they will have stippled

Future Continuous
I will be stippling
you will be stippling
he/she/it will be stippling
we will be stippling
you will be stippling
they will be stippling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stippling
you have been stippling
he/she/it has been stippling
we have been stippling
you have been stippling
they have been stippling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stippling
you will have been stippling
he/she/it will have been stippling
we will have been stippling
you will have been stippling
they will have been stippling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stippling
you had been stippling
he/she/it had been stippling
we had been stippling
you had been stippling
they had been stippling

Conditional
I would stipple
you would stipple
he/she/it would stipple
we would stipple
you would stipple
they would stipple

Past Conditional
I would have stippled
you would have stippled
he/she/it would have stippled
we would have stippled
you would have stippled
they would have stippled

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	stipple - engrave by means of dots and flicksartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"engrave, etch - carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"
	2.	stipple - make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or inkartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
	3.	stipple - apply (paint) in small dots or strokespaint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
	4.	stipple - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"speckledapple, mottle, cloud - colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

stipple

verbTo mark with many small spots:bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, mottle, pepper, speck, speckle, sprinkle.

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