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blot 1 B0338200 (blŏt)n.1. A spot or a stain caused by a discoloring substance: a blot of paint.2. An association of disgrace with one's character or reputation. See Synonyms at stain.3. a. A laboratory technique, such as a Southern blot analysis, that involves electrophoretically separating proteins or nucleic acids and transferring them to a membrane.b. The membrane onto which these proteins or nucleic acids have been transferred.v. blot·ted, blot·ting, blots v.tr.1. To soak up or dry with absorbent material. Often used with up: blotted the spill with a napkin; used a rag to blot up the paint.2. a. To make obscure or invisible; hide. Often used with out: clouds blotting out the moon.b. To render invisible or unreadable by marking; obliterate. Often used with out: blotted out the names with a pen.c. To remove or block from personal memory or public remembrance. Often used with out: "His death in the hour of victory blotted out his failings and left a heroic memory" (N.A.M. Rodger).3. To spot or stain, as with a discoloring substance: Grass stains blotted the knees of his pants.4. To bring moral disgrace to: an incident that blotted the senator's reputation.v.intr.1. To spill or spread in a spot or stain.2. To become blotted, soaked up, or absorbed. [Middle English.]
blot 2 B0338200 (blŏt)n.1. Games An exposed piece in backgammon.2. Archaic A weak point. [Possibly from Low German blat, naked, unprotected.]blot (blɒt) n1. a stain or spot of ink, paint, dirt, etc2. something that spoils or detracts from the beauty or worth of something3. a blemish or stain on one's character or reputationvb, blots, blotting or blotted4. (of ink, dye, etc) to form spots or blobs on (a material) or (of a person) to cause such spots or blobs to form on (a material)5. blot one's copybook informal to spoil one's reputation by making a mistake, offending against social customs, etc6. (intr) to stain or become stained or spotted7. (tr) to cause a blemish in or on; disgrace8. to soak up (excess ink, etc) by using blotting paper or some other absorbent material9. (of blotting paper or some other absorbent material) to absorb (excess ink, etc)10. a. to darken or hide completely; obscure; obliterateb. to destroy; annihilate[C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch bluyster blister]
blot (blɒt) n1. (Games, other than specified) backgammon a man exposed by being placed alone on a point and therefore able to be taken by the other player2. archaic a weak spot[C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch bloot poor]blot1 (blɒt) n., v. blot•ted, blot•ting. n. 1. a spot or stain, esp. of ink or chemicals on paper. 2. a blemish on a person's character or reputation. v.t. 3. to spot, stain, or soil; sully. 4. to dry with absorbent paper or the like: to blot the wet pane. 5. to remove with absorbent paper or the like. v.i. 6. to make a blot; spread ink, dye, etc., in a stain. 7. to become blotted or stained. 8. to transfer components of a mixture to a chemically treated paper for analysis. 9. blot out, a. to make indistinguishable; obscure. b. to destroy completely; obliterate; wipe out. [1275–1325; Middle English blotte, akin to Old Norse blettr blot, spot, stain] blot2 (blɒt) n. 1. an exposed backgammon piece liable to be taken or forfeited. 2. Archaic. an exposed or weak point. [1590–1600] blot Past participle: blotted Gerund: blotting
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I blot | you blot | he/she/it blots | we blot | you blot | they blot |
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I blotted | you blotted | he/she/it blotted | we blotted | you blotted | they blotted |
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I am blotting | you are blotting | he/she/it is blotting | we are blotting | you are blotting | they are blotting |
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I have blotted | you have blotted | he/she/it has blotted | we have blotted | you have blotted | they have blotted |
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I was blotting | you were blotting | he/she/it was blotting | we were blotting | you were blotting | they were blotting |
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I had blotted | you had blotted | he/she/it had blotted | we had blotted | you had blotted | they had blotted |
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I will blot | you will blot | he/she/it will blot | we will blot | you will blot | they will blot |
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I will have blotted | you will have blotted | he/she/it will have blotted | we will have blotted | you will have blotted | they will have blotted |
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I will be blotting | you will be blotting | he/she/it will be blotting | we will be blotting | you will be blotting | they will be blotting |
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I have been blotting | you have been blotting | he/she/it has been blotting | we have been blotting | you have been blotting | they have been blotting |
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I will have been blotting | you will have been blotting | he/she/it will have been blotting | we will have been blotting | you will have been blotting | they will have been blotting |
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I had been blotting | you had been blotting | he/she/it had been blotting | we had been blotting | you had been blotting | they had been blotting |
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I would blot | you would blot | he/she/it would blot | we would blot | you would blot | they would blot |
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I would have blotted | you would have blotted | he/she/it would have blotted | we would have blotted | you would have blotted | they would have blotted | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | blot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spotblemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"blotch, splodge, splotch - an irregularly shaped spotfingermark, fingerprint - a smudge made by a (dirty) fingerinkblot - a blot made with ink | | 2. | blot - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"smirch, smear, stain, spoterror, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" | Verb | 1. | blot - dry (ink) with blotting paperimbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, absorb, suck, take up, take in, draw - take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" | | 2. | blot - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"blob, fleck, spotstain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surfacesplotch - blotch or spotmaculate, tarnish, defile, sully, stain - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"bespeckle, speckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"bespatter, spatter - spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food" |
blotnoun1. disgrace, spot, fault, stain, scar, defect, flaw, taint, blemish, demerit, smirch, blot on your escutcheon a blot on the reputation of the architectural profession2. spot, mark, patch, smear, smudge, speck, blotch, splodge, stain an ink blotverb1. soak up, take up, absorb, draw up, dry up, mop up, suck up, sop up blot any excess oils with a tissue2. stain, mark, spot, spoil, disgrace, tarnish, disfigure, sully, smirch Only one memorable slip-up has blotted his career.blot something out1. obliterate, hide, shadow, disguise, obscure, blur, eclipse, block out, efface, obfuscate The victim's face was blotted out by a camera blur.2. erase, cancel, eradicate, excise, obliterate, efface, expunge He is blotting certain memories out.blotnoun1. A discolored mark made by smearing:blotch, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain.2. A mark of discredit or disgrace:black eye, blemish, onus, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish.Archaic: attaint.Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon.verbTo remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean.Also used with out:annul, cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out).Law: vacate.phrasal verb blot outTo destroy all traces of:abolish, annihilate, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.Translationsblot (blot) noun1. a spot or stain (often of ink). an exercise book full of blots. (墨水)污漬 (墨水)污渍,污点 2. something ugly. a blot on the landscape. 破壞景觀的事物 不雅观的事物 verb – past tense, past participle ˈblotted – 1. to spot or stain, especially with ink. I blotted this sheet of paper in three places when my nib broke. 沾到墨漬 弄上墨渍2. to dry with blotting-paper. Blot your signature before you fold the paper. 用吸墨水紙吸乾 用吸墨纸吸干ˈblotter noun a pad or sheet of blotting-paper. 一疊或一張吸墨水紙 吸墨纸ˈblotting-paper noun soft paper used for drying up ink. 吸墨水紙 吸墨水纸blot one's copybook to make a bad mistake. He has really blotted his copybook by being late for the interview. 犯了很大的錯誤 失足,犯了很大的错误 blot out to hide from sight. The rain blotted out the view. 遮住 遮蔽blot
a blot on the escutcheonA stain or mark against one's reputation or that of one's family. An escutcheon was a heraldic shield that bore a family's coat of arms, and thus serves as a metaphor for one's honor. I was at the top of my class in college, but that narcotics charge will be a blot on the escutcheon for years to come.See also: blot, escutcheon, ona blot on (one's) escutcheonA stain or mark against one's reputation or that of one's family. An escutcheon was a heraldic shield that bore a family's coat of arms, and thus serves as a metaphor for one's honor. I was at the top of my class in college, but that narcotics charge will be a blot on my escutcheon for years to come.See also: blot, escutcheon, onblot (one's) copy bookTo tarnish, damage, or ruin one's reputation by behaving badly or committing some mistake or social transgression. Refers to a child's copy book, the blotting (staining with ink) of which ruins one's work. Primarily heard in UK. The local councilor blotted his copy book when it came to light that he had accepted bribes to allow unregulated development projects to go ahead. I really blotted my copy book when I spilled my drink on the visiting dignitary last night.See also: blot, book, copya blot on the landscapeSomething that is considered unattractive that covers up or otherwise takes away from the value of something attractive. Although many people say that they want clean energy, they argue that miles of turbines on wind farms are a blot on the landscape.See also: blot, landscape, onblot out1. To cover something so that it cannot be seen or read. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." Be sure to blot out all the other names on this list before you put it in the employee's file.2. To prevent something from being noticeable or entering one's awareness. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." Your curtains aren't opaque enough to blot out all of the sunlight.3. To avoid thinking about something, often because it is stressful or traumatic. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." Many trauma victims try to blot out the horrific things that have happened to them.4. To kill someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." Ray blotted out the informant, just as the boss told him to.5. To completely destroy something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blot" and "out." This illness threatens to blot out an entire generation. The fire blotted out all of our belongings.See also: blot, outblot on the landscapeFig. a sight that spoils the look of a place. That monstrosity you call a house is a blot on the landscape. You should have hired a real architect!See also: blot, landscape, onblot someone or something outFig. to forget someone or something by covering up memories or by trying to forget. I try to blot those bad thoughts out. I tried to blot out those unhappy days.See also: blot, outblot someone outSl. to kill someone. (Originally underworld slang.) Sorry, chum, we got orders to blot you out. The gang blotted out the only living witness before the trial.See also: blot, outblot something outto make something invisible by covering it. (See also someone or something out">blot someone or something out.) Don't blot the name out on the application form. Who blotted out the name on this form?See also: blot, outblot outObliterate, wipe out of existence or memory, as in At least one Indian nation was blotted out as the pioneers moved west, or The trauma of the accident blotted out all her memory of recent events. This idiom, first recorded in 1516, uses the verb to blot in the sense of making something illegible by spotting or staining it with ink. The New Testament has it (Acts 3:19): "Repent ye ... that your sins may be blotted out." See also: blot, outa blot on the landscape If a building or other structure is a blot on the landscape, it is very ugly and spoils a place which is otherwise attractive. The power station is both a blot on the landscape and a smear on the environment. Urban cemeteries, it seems to me, are blots on the landscape.See also: blot, landscape, ona blot on your escutcheon or a blot on the escutcheon BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONEDIf there is a blot on your escutcheon, you have damaged your reputation by doing something wrong. For the leaders, this is probably a blip rather than a blot on the escutcheon. Note: An escutcheon is a shield, especially a heraldic shield displaying a coat of arms. See also: blot, escutcheon, onblot your copybook BRITISHIf you blot your copybook, you damage your reputation by doing something wrong. Their relationship had been so perfect. Until he'd blotted his copybook with Susan, that is. Note: You can also say that there is a blot on your copybook. In fact, just about the only blot on his copybook so far was a missed penalty against Arsenal 10 days ago. Note: In the past, schoolchildren had `copybooks'. These were books of examples of handwriting, with spaces for the children to copy it. See also: blot, copybookblot your copybook tarnish your good reputation. British A copybook was an exercise book with examples of handwriting for children to copy as they practised their own writing.See also: blot, copybooka blot on the escutcheon something that tarnishes your reputation. An escutcheon was a family's heraldic shield, and so also a record and symbol of its honour.See also: blot, escutcheon, ona blot on the landscape something ugly that spoils the appearance of a place; an eyesore. 1962 Listener Charabancs and monstrous hordes of hikers are blots upon the landscape. See also: blot, landscape, onblot your ˈcopybook (old-fashioned, informal) spoil a previously good record: He paid back the money he had stolen, but he had blotted his copybook and couldn’t hope for promotion.A copybook was an exercise book with printed examples of good writing for children to copy. If you blotted it, you accidentally spoiled it by making a mark with ink on it.See also: blot, copybooka blot on the ˈlandscape a thing, especially an ugly building, that spoils the appearance of a place: That power station is rather a blot on the landscape.See also: blot, landscape, onblot someone out tv. to kill someone. (Underworld.) They blotted out the witness before the trial. See also: blot, out, someone a blot on (one's) escutcheon Dishonor to one's reputation.See also: blot, escutcheon, ona blot on the escutcheonbringing dishonor or shame to oneself and one's family. “Escutcheon” is the heraldic term for the shield on which a family's coat of arms is painted. One with a blot, in the sense of blemish, would look as though there were something wrong, which is what The phrase is meant to convey. When Uncle Fred was hauled off to jail for embezzlement, he not only disgraced himself, he brought shame to his wife, his children, and any living parents. His crime was thus a metaphorical blot on the family escutcheon.See also: blot, escutcheon, onblot
blot Backgammon a man exposed by being placed alone on a point and therefore able to be taken by the other player blot
North·ern blot a·nal·y·sisa procedure similar to the Southern blot analysis, used to separate and identify RNA fragments; typically through transferring (blotting) RNA fragments from an agarose gel to a nitrocellulose filter followed by detection with a suitable probe. [coined to distinguish it from eponymic Southern blot a.] blot (blŏt)n. The Northern, Southern, or Western blot analyses.blot noun A nitrocellulose or nylon membrane bearing a biomolecule of interest—e.g., DNA, RNA or protein—transferred to the membrane from an electrophoretic gel by either osmosis or vacuum; after transferring the molecule of interest, the membrane is bathed in a solution containing a “mirror-image” of the molecule already on the membrane, producing a hybridisation. verb To perform any of a number of similar techniques used to analyse biologic molecules. Mixtures of biomolecule—DNA, RNA or protein—fragments are separated by electrophoresis through a polymeric (agarose or polyacrylamide) gel; the separated components are then transferred to a membrane where they are immobilised, analysed and visualised by various techniques including antibody binding and DNA hybridisation. Southern blot A technique for identifying the presence or absence of a segment of DNA in a sample; the procedure begins by partial enzymatic digestion of nucleic acids, cutting the DNA at specific sites by any of a number of restriction endonucleases, each of which recognises and cuts at a 5- or 6-nucleotide sequence. For instance, HindIII, from H influenzae, cuts DNA at all sites bearing the nucleotide sequence A/AGCTT at the mirror image sites on the 2 DNA chains between the 2 adenines A/A, resulting in a mixture of DNA fragments of varying lengths measuring up to 30 kD, which is then electrophoresed in an agarose gel and transferred to a membrane. Because the DNA on the membrane is single stranded, it has a high affinity for its complementary strand. The final step in the blot is to radioactively “tag” the complementary DNA (Southern blot, after Dr E. Southern), RNA (Northern blot), protein (Western blot), DNA-protein hybridisation (Southwestern blot), and RNA-protein hybridisation (Northwestern blot). Dot blot DNA, RNA, or protein are dotted directly onto a membrane support, and form discrete spots.North·ern blot a·nal·y·sis (nōr'dhĕrn blot ă-nal'i-sis) A procedure similar to the Southern blot analysis, used mostly to separate and identify RNA fragments; typically done through transferring RNA fragments from an agarose gel to a nitrocellulose filter followed by detection with a suitable probe. [coined to distinguish it from eponymic Southern blot a.]
South·ern blot a·nal·y·sis (sŭdh'ĕrn blot ă-nal'i-sis) A procedure to separate and identify DNA sequences; DNA fragments are separated by electrophoresis on an agarose gel, transferred (blotted) onto a nitrocellulose or nylon membrane, and hybridized with complementary (labeled) nucleic acid probes.
West·ern blot a·nal·y·sis (wes'tĕrn blot ă-nal'i-sis) A procedure in which proteins separated by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels are transferred (blotted) onto nitrocellulose or nylon membranes and identified by specific complexing with antibodies that are either pre- or post-tagged with a labeled secondary protein. See also: immunoblot Synonym(s): Western blot, Western blotting. [coined to distinguish it from eponymic Southern blot a.]
zoo blot a·nal·y·sis (zū blot ă-nal'i-sis) A procedure using Southern blot analysis to test the ability of a nucleic acid probe from one species to hybridize with the DNA fragment of another species. LegalSeeBlotterFinancialSeeblotterBLOT
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Synonyms for blotnoun disgraceSynonyms- disgrace
- spot
- fault
- stain
- scar
- defect
- flaw
- taint
- blemish
- demerit
- smirch
- blot on your escutcheon
noun spotSynonyms- spot
- mark
- patch
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- blotch
- splodge
- stain
verb soak upSynonyms- soak up
- take up
- absorb
- draw up
- dry up
- mop up
- suck up
- sop up
verb stainSynonyms- stain
- mark
- spot
- spoil
- disgrace
- tarnish
- disfigure
- sully
- smirch
phrase blot something out: obliterateSynonyms- obliterate
- hide
- shadow
- disguise
- obscure
- blur
- eclipse
- block out
- efface
- obfuscate
phrase blot something out: eraseSynonyms- erase
- cancel
- eradicate
- excise
- obliterate
- efface
- expunge
Synonyms for blotnoun a discolored mark made by smearingSynonyms- blotch
- daub
- smear
- smirch
- smudge
- smutch
- splotch
- stain
noun a mark of discredit or disgraceSynonyms- black eye
- blemish
- onus
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- attaint
verb to remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping cleanSynonyms- annul
- cancel
- cross
- delete
- efface
- erase
- expunge
- obliterate
- rub
- scratch
- strike
- undo
- wipe
- x
- vacate
phrase blot out: to destroy all traces ofSynonyms- abolish
- annihilate
- clear
- eradicate
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- kill
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- root
- rub out
- snuff out
- stamp out
- uproot
- wipe out
Synonyms for blotnoun a blemish made by dirtSynonyms- smirch
- smudge
- daub
- slur
- smear
- spot
Related Words- blemish
- mar
- defect
- blotch
- splodge
- splotch
- fingermark
- fingerprint
- inkblot
noun an act that brings discredit to the person who does itSynonymsRelated Wordsverb dry (ink) with blotting paperRelated Words- imbibe
- soak up
- sop up
- suck up
- absorb
- suck
- take up
- take in
- draw
verb make a spot or mark ontoSynonymsRelated Words- stain
- change surface
- splotch
- maculate
- tarnish
- defile
- sully
- bespeckle
- speckle
- bespatter
- spatter
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