The gentle day, . . .
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. --Shak.
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The dappled pink and blushing rose. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
dappled — *variegated, parti colored, motley, checkered, checked, pied, piebald, skewbald, freaked … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dappled — [adj] mottled, freckled brindle, brindled, checkered, discolored, flecked, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multihued, parti colored, piebald, pied, speckled, spotted, stippled, varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored; concept 618 Ant … New thesaurus
dappled — [[t]dæ̱p(ə)ld[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n, v link ADJ with/by/in n You use dappled to describe something that has dark or light patches on it, or that is made up of patches of light and shade. ...a dappled horse... Sometimes I carry a book out under the pear … English dictionary
dappled — dap|pled [ dæpld ] adjective 1. ) covered with or forming areas of lighter and darker color or light and shadow: the dappled sunlight of the forest 2. ) a dappled horse or other animal has a coat with spots of different colors … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dappled — UK [ˈdæp(ə)ld] / US adjective 1) covered with or forming areas of lighter and darker colour or light and shadow the dappled sunlight of the forest 2) a dappled horse or other animal has a coat with spots of different colours on it … English dictionary
Dappled — Dapple Dap ple, Dappled Dap pled, a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. [1913 Webster] Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Note: The word is used in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dappled — also dapple adjective Date: 15th century marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background < a dappled fawn > … New Collegiate Dictionary
dappled — adj. Dappled is used with these nouns: ↑shade, ↑sunlight … Collocations dictionary
dappled — Synonyms and related words: Quaker colored, acier, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, ashen, ashy, blended, calico, canescent, cinereous, cinerous, clouded, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, dapple,… … Moby Thesaurus
dappled — dap|pled [ˈdæpəld] adj marked with spots of colour, light, or shade ▪ the dappled shade of the trees … Dictionary of contemporary English
