verb, noun
verb (-tt-) [VN]
1 to remove liquid from a surface by pressing soft paper or cloth on it
2 to make a spot or spots of ink fall on paper
IDIOMS
blot your copybook (old-fashioned, informal) to do sth to spoil the opinion that other people have of you
PHRASALVERBS
blot sth<->out
1 to cover or hide sth completely:
Clouds blotted out the sun.
2 to deliberately try to forget an unpleasant memory or thought:
He tried to blot out the image of Helen's sad face. * She just wanted to sleep and blot out the terrifying events of the day.
Part of speech: noun
1 a spot or dirty mark on sth, made by ink, etc.
2 ~ (on sth) something that spoils the opinion that other people have of you, or your happiness:
Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character. * There was just a tiny blot on his happiness.
IDIOMS
a blot on the landscape an object, especially an ugly building, that spoils the beauty of a place
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for blot is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is blot a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, blot is tagged as noun.
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