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Speck
01
a slight but appreciable amount
02
a very small spot
03
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
to speck
01
to mark something with tiny particles or spots
Transitive: to speck a surface with a substance or pattern | to speck a surface
Examples
As the baker sifted flour, it began to speck the kitchen counter with fine white powder.
The artist carefully specked the painting with tiny dots to create texture.
Lexical Tree
speckless
speck
