dapple

dapple

mottled or spotted marking, as on a horse; to mark with spots
Not to be confused with:dabble – spatter or splash; undertake an activity casually: dabble in politics

dap·ple

D0026600 (dăp′əl)n.1. a. Mottled or spotted marking, as on a horse's coat.b. An individual spot.2. An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.tr.v. dap·pled, dap·pling, dap·ples To mark or mottle with spots.

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[Back-formation from dappled.]

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dap′ple adj.

dapple

(ˈdæpəl) vbto mark or become marked with spots or patches of a different colour; mottlen1. mottled or spotted markings2. (Colours) a dappled horse, etcadj (Colours) marked with dapples or spots[C14: of unknown origin]

dap•ple

(ˈdæp əl)

n., adj., v. -pled, -pling. n. 1. a spot or mottled marking, usu. occurring in clusters. 2. an animal with a mottled skin or coat. adj. 3. marked with spots; dappled: a dapple horse. v.t., v.i. 4. to mark or become marked with spots of a different shade or color from the background. [1545–55; probably back formation from dappled, late Middle English, probably < Scandinavian; akin to Old Norse depill spot]

dapple

Past participle: dappled
Gerund: dappling

Imperative
dapple
dapple

Present
I dapple
you dapple
he/she/it dapples
we dapple
you dapple
they dapple

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dapple - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"maculation, patch, speckle, fleck, spotmarking - a pattern of marksspeck, pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the corneasplash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color"worn spot, fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosionplaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the bodymacule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseasesmock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic fieldfacula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspotsfacula - a bright spot on a planet
Verb	1.	dapple - colour with streaks or blotches of different shadesmottle, cloudspot - mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"harlequin - variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"speckle, stipple - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"

dapple

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

Translations

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