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STIPPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stipple mean? 

STIPPLE (verb)
  The verb STIPPLE has 4 senses:

1. engrave by means of dots and flicksplay

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

3. apply (paint) in small dots or strokesplay

4. produce a mottled effectplay

  Familiarity information: STIPPLE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


STIPPLE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they stipple  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it stipples  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: stippled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: stippled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: stippling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Engrave by means of dots and flicks

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

engrave; etch (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

paint (make a painting)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stippler (a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect))


Sense 3

Meaning:

Apply (paint) in small dots or strokes

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

paint (make a painting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stippler (a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect))


Sense 4

Meaning:

Produce a mottled effect

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

speckle; stipple

Context example:

The sunlight stippled the trees

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

cloud; dapple; mottle (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)

Sentence frames:

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


 Context examples 


The determination of the amount of basophilic stippling present in a sample.

(Basophilic Stippling Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the basophilic stippling in a biological specimen.

(Basophilic Stippling Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A rare congenital developmental disorder characterized by the presence of stippled foci of calcification in the hyaline cartilage, joint contractions, mental retardation and ichthyosis.

(Chondrodysplasia Punctata, NCI Thesaurus)



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