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mottles

mottles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mottle.

Meaning of mottle

Verb

mottle (third-person singular simple present mottles, present participle mottling, simple past and past participle mottled)

  1. To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
    • Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214

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Questions about mottles

What is mottles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mottles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mottle.

Words near mottles in the dictionary

  1. mottledness
  2. mottlement
  3. mottlements
  4. mottler
  5. mottlers
  6. mottles
  7. Mottley
  8. Mottleys
  9. mottling
  10. mottlings
  11. motto

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