DOT (dotted, dotting)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: dotted    , dotting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does DoT mean? 

• DOT (noun)
  The noun DOT has 4 senses:

1. a very small circular shape

2. the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

3. the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

4. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

  Familiarity information: DOT used as a noun is uncommon.

• DOT (verb)
  The verb DOT has 4 senses:

1. scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

2. distribute loosely

3. make a dot or dots

4. mark with a dot

  Familiarity information: DOT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very small circular shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

dot; point

Context example:

draw lines between the dots

Hypernyms ("dot" is a kind of...):

disc; disk; saucer (something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate)

Derivation:

dot (mark with a dot)

dot (make a dot or dots)

dot (scatter or intersperse like dots or studs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Department of Transportation; DoT; Transportation

Hypernyms ("DoT" is a kind of...):

executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "DoT"):

FAA; Federal Aviation Administration (an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation)

Transportation Security Administration; TSA (an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel)

U. S. Coast Guard; United States Coast Guard; US Coast Guard (an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dit; dot

Hypernyms ("dot" is a kind of...):

radiotelegraphic signal; telegraphic signal (a signal transmitted by telegraphy)

Holonyms ("dot" is a part of...):

international Morse code; Morse; Morse code (a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

acid; back breaker; battery-acid; dose; dot; Elvis; loony toons; Lucy in the sky with diamonds; pane; superman; window pane; Zen

Hypernyms ("dot" is a kind of...):

LSD; lysergic acid diethylamide (a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid)

• DOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dot    ... he / she / it dots   
Past simple: dotted   
Past participle: dotted   
-ing form: dotting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

constellate; dot; stud

Context example:

Hills constellated with lights

Hypernyms (to "dot" is one way to...):

continue; cover; extend (span an interval of distance, space or time)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

dot (a very small circular shape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Distribute loosely

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle

Context example:

He scattered gun powder under the wagon

Hypernyms (to "dot" is one way to...):

discharge (pour forth or release)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dot"):

spray (scatter in a mass or jet of droplets)

spray (be discharged in sprays of liquid)

plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash (dash a liquid upon or against)

splash; splosh; sprinkle (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force)

bespangle (dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects)

aerosolise; aerosolize (disperse as an aerosol)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a dot or dots

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "dot" is one way to...):

write (mark or trace on a surface)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

dot (a very small circular shape)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Mark with a dot

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

dot your 'i's

Hypernyms (to "dot" is one way to...):

mark (make or leave a mark on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

dot (a very small circular shape)

 Context examples 

Having this capacity enables it to control the dynamics of quantum dots involved in the process and mimic how neurons respond to stimuli.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)

Far across the solar system, from where Earth appears merely as a pale blue dot, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft spent eight years orbiting Jupiter.

(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)

Though a few other primitive galaxies have been seen at this early epoch, they have essentially all looked like red dots, given their small size and tremendous distances.

(NASA's Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy, NASA)

Waking up one morning, “I connected the dots,” he said.

(Mushroom Extract Could Help Save Bees from Virus, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A beautiful social event will dot your calendar within four days of November 12, where many friendly people will be present.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Then, they can attach any material — metal, DNA, or tiny “quantum dot” particles — to the structure.

(Researchers Use Laser to Shrink Objects to Nanoscale, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The lakes are dotted across almost every continent, and located in areas with a range of land uses and socioeconomic conditions.

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)

Most of the small dots in this image are stars located behind, or in front of, the Serpens nebula.

(The 'Serpent' star-forming cloud hatches new stars, NASA)

The ovate to linear leaves are sessile, opposite, and well-supplied with translucent glandular dots.

(Hypericum perforatum, NCI Thesaurus)

The top of the plateau was dotted thickly with pine-trees of varying height.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)