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MOTTLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of coloring with areas of different shades
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mottling" is a kind of...):
marking (the act of making a visible mark on a surface)
Derivation:
mottle (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)
mottle (mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb mottle