dot
noun
[ dɒt ]
• a small round mark or spot.
• "a symbol depicted in coloured dots"
Similar:
spot,
speck,
fleck,
speckle,
point,
pinpoint,
pinprick,
mark,
dab,
bit,
particle,
atom,
molecule,
iota,
jot,
mote,
mite,
decimal point,
full stop,
macule,
macula,
dot
verb
• mark with a small spot or spots.
• "wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt"
Similar:
spot,
fleck,
bespeckle,
mark,
dab,
stipple,
pock,
freckle,
sprinkle,
dust,
befleck,
bestrew,
besprinkle,
• hit (someone).
• "‘You want to dot him one ,’ he said"
Origin:
Old English dott ‘head of a boil’. The word is recorded only once in Old English, then not until the late 16th century, when it is found in the sense ‘a small lump or clot’, perhaps influenced by Dutch dot ‘a knot’. The sense ‘small mark or spot’ dates from the mid 17th century.
dot
noun
• a dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband.
Origin:
from French, from Latin dos, dot- ‘dowry’ (see dower).
DOT
abbreviation
• directly observed therapy, a method of supervising patients to ensure that they take medication as directed.
• (in the US) Department of Transportation.
• (formerly in Canada and the UK) Department of Transport.
