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| besmear |
to stain or soil by, or as if by, smearing. |
| blot |
a stain or spot, esp. of ink on paper. [3/8 definitions] |
| blotch |
a large, irregularly shaped stain or blot. [1/4 definitions] |
| come out |
of a stain, to disappear; be eliminated. [1/8 definitions] |
| discolor |
to remove, change, or spoil the color of; cause to fade; stain. [2 definitions] |
| dye |
to color or stain, esp. by immersing in a dye. [1/5 definitions] |
| ebonize |
to blacken, usu. with a stain or paint, so as to cause to resemble ebony. |
| flyspeck |
to mark or stain with flyspecks. [1/3 definitions] |
| imbrue |
to wet or saturate with a stain, esp. of blood. |
| immaculate |
free from any dirt or stain; completely clean. [1/3 definitions] |
| ink |
to mark, stain, or color with ink. [1/4 definitions] |
| inkblot |
a spot or stain of or like ink on paper. [1/2 definitions] |
| macula |
a stain, discoloration, spot, or blotch, esp. on the skin. |
| smear |
to dirty or stain by or as if by applying a sticky or greasy substance to. [1/9 definitions] |
| smirch |
to stain, spot, or dirty, as by smearing with something that discolors. [2/4 definitions] |
| smudge |
a dirty blot or mark; smear; stain. [2/6 definitions] |
| smutch |
to smudge, make dirty, or stain. [2 definitions] |
| soil2 |
a dirty spot; stain. [1/6 definitions] |
| splotch |
an irregularly shaped blotch, spot, or stain. [1/3 definitions] |
| spot |
a mark, such as a stain, or something like a stain, that is different in color from the area surrounding it; blot. [1/13 definitions] |
| spotless |
completely without dirt, stain, or spots. [1/2 definitions] |
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