Stipple

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.
  • v. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.
  • v. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds” ( Flannery O'Connor).
  • n. A method of drawing, engraving, or painting using dots or short strokes.
  • n. The effect produced by stippling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used
  • v. to use small dots to give the appearance of shading
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.
  • v. To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.
  • n. A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
  • n. A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To produce gradation in color or shade in (any material) by means of dots or small spots. See stippling.
  • n. In the fine arts, same as stippling.
  • n. In decorative art, an intermediate tone or color, or combination of tones, used to make gradual the passage from one color to another in a design.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
  • v. engrave by means of dots and flicks
  • v. apply (paint) in small dots or strokes
  • v. produce a mottled effect
  • Equivalent
    stippling   
    Verb Form
    stippled    stipples    stippling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    paint    etch    engrave    dapple    mottle    cloud   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    stippled    stippling   
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