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Stipple

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Verb

1. stipple

engrave by means of dots and flicks

2. stipple

make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink

3. stipple

apply (paint) in small dots or strokes

4. speckle, stipple

produce a mottled effect

Example Sentences:
'The sunlight stippled the trees'

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Stipple

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to draw, engrave, or paint using dots or flecks
2. 
to apply paint, powder, etc, to (something) with many light dabs
3. 
to give (wet paint, cement, etc) a granular effect
noun also: stippling
4. 
the technique of stippling or a picture produced by or using stippling

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Stipple

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈstippled or ˈstippling
1. 
to paint, draw, engrave, or apply in small points or dots rather than in lines or solid areas
2. 
to cover or mark with dots or quick dabs; fleck
noun
3. 
a. 
the art or method of painting, drawing, or engraving in dots
b. 
the effect produced by this, or an effect, as in nature, resembling it
4. 
stippled work

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Stipple

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tr.v. stip·pled, stip·pling, stip·ples
1. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.
2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.
3. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds" (Flannery O'Connor).
n.
1. A method of drawing, engraving, or painting using dots or short strokes.
2. The effect produced by stippling.

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