pocked

Thân thiện

The old asphalt road was deeply pocked with holes.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having marks or indentations on the surface, typically as a result of disease or damage. This describes something that is covered in small hollows or pits.

Usage

The word "pocked" is used to describe a surface that is uneven because it has many small holes or depressions. It often implies these marks are the result of a negative process, such as disease, corrosion, or impact.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The old statue's face was pocked and weathered by centuries of rain.
  • After the severe acne, his skin was left pocked and scarred.
  • The moon's surface is pocked with countless craters from meteorite impacts.

Advanced Usage

• "Pocked with": This common construction specifies what the holes or marks are or what caused them.
  • The battlefield was pocked with shell craters.
  • The document was pocked with errors.

Variants and Related Words

• Pockmark (noun): A small pit or scar on a surface, especially on the skin.
  • The disease left permanent pockmarks on his skin.
• Pockmarked (adjective): An alternative form with the same meaning as "pocked."
  • The pockmarked road was difficult to drive on.

Synonyms

• Pitted: Having small holes or depressions.
• Marked: Having visible impressions or scars.
• Scarred: Bearing marks from damage or lesions.

Antonyms

• Smooth: Having an even and regular surface.
• Unblemished: Not damaged or marked.
• Flawless: Without any imperfections.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease
2. used of paved surfaces having holes or pits

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pockmarked
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