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speck

[ spek ]

noun

  1. a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies:

    Specks of soot on the window sill.

  2. a very little bit or particle:

    We haven't a speck of sugar.

  3. something appearing small by comparison or by reason of distance:

    By then the town was just a speck.



verb (used with object)

  1. to mark with, or as with, a speck or specks.

speck

/ ²õ±èɛ°ì /

noun

  1. a very small mark or spot
  2. a small or tiny piece of something
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to mark with specks or spots
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±è±ð³Š°ì·±ð»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ [spek, -id-nis], noun
  • ²õ±è±ð³Š°ìl±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ²õ±è±ð³Š°ìl±ð²õ²õ·ly adverb
  • ²õ±è±ð³Š°ìl±ð²õ²õ·ness noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of speck1

before 900; Middle English specke, Old English specca; cognate with Dutch spikkel
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of speck1

Old English specca; related to Middle Dutch spekelen to sprinkle
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Example Sentences

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It is only when the droplet comes into contact with something like a microscopic speck of dust, pollen or pollutant - known as a cloud condensation nuclei - that it will then freeze instantly around it.

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Perhaps these specks were once family photos, diplomas hanging on walls, maybe even pages from the hymn books in the burned-down church where the spouse of one of my wife’s colleagues is the rector.

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Some of the details feel marvelously resonant, especially how the off-the-clock Shelly never can scrub off every speck of glitter, or the way she keeps ripping her costume wings like some cabaret Icarus.

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Wisdom laid an egg on Nov. 27 on Midway Atoll, a speck of land in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S.

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Right after buying the land, he crushed up a piece of ore and found what miners call flour gold — tiny, fine specks of gold.

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