fleck
/fleck/
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Definition
Noun:
- A small contrasting part of something: A tiny mark, spot, or patch that differs in color or texture from the area around it.
- A small fragment of something: A very small piece or particle that has broken off from a larger whole.
Verb:
- To mark with small spots or patches: To cover or dot something with small contrasting marks.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The black fabric had a single fleck of white thread.
- He brushed a fleck of lint from his jacket.
- We saw flecks of gold in the stone.
Verb:
- The artist's painting was flecked with silver.
- The night sky was flecked with stars.
- His dark hair was beginning to be flecked with gray.
Advanced Usage
- "a fleck of [something]": Used to emphasize the smallness or insignificance of an amount.
- There wasn't a fleck of evidence to support the claim.
- "flecked with": Describing a surface that is sprinkled or dotted with something.
- The bird's egg was flecked with brown.
Variants and Related Words
- Speck (n): A tiny spot or particle. (Often used interchangeably with 'fleck').
- Speckle (n/v): A small spot or mark, or to mark with many small spots.
- Fleckless (adj, rare): Without a spot or blemish.
Synonyms
- Noun: Speck, spot, dot, mark, patch, particle, bit, fragment.
- Verb: Speckle, dot, spot, sprinkle, stipple, mottle.
Related Phrases
- Not a fleck: Not even the smallest amount.
- The glass was clean, without a fleck of dust.
Related Idioms
- A fleck in the eye: A minor irritation or flaw (literal and figurative).
- The criticism was just a fleck in the eye; the overall project was a success.
Noun
- 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
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
Verb
- make a spot or mark onto
- The wine spotted the tablecloth