Mote

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A very small particle; a speck: "Dust motes hung in a slant of sunlight” ( Anne Tyler).
  • auxiliary-verb. Archaic May; might.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small particle; a speck.
  • n. A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.
  • v. May or might.
  • v. Must.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. See 1st mot.
  • n. A meeting of persons for discussion.
  • n. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs.
  • n. A place of meeting for discussion.
  • n. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See mot, n., 3, and mort.
  • n. A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small particle, as of dust visible in a ray of sunlight; anything very small.
  • n. A stain; a blemish.
  • n. An imperfection in wool.
  • n. The stalk of a plant.
  • n. A match or squib with which, before the introduction of the safety-fuse, it was customary to ignite the charge in blasting.
  • May; might: chiefly in the subjunctive: as, so mote it be.
  • Must. See must.
  • An obsolete form of moot.
  • n. An obsolete form of moat.
  • n. Motion.
  • n. In cotton-spinning, a piece of broken cotton-seed, cotton-leaf, etc.
  • n. Boiled grains of maize, a dish much eaten in Peru and Bolivia.
  • To ride in a motor vehicle; engage in the sport of motoring.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
  • Verb Form
    moted    motely    motes    moting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stuff    material   
    Cross Reference
    floater   
    Variant
    mot    mort   
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    speck    particle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Capote    Choate    Vote    afloat    bloat    boat    capote    choate    coat    connote   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    speck    mite    flet    silke