freckle

5 definitions found

freckle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Freckle \Freck"le\ (fr[e^]k"k'l), n. [Dim., from the same root
     as freak, v. t.]
     1. A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin,
        particularly on the face, neck, or hands.
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     2. Any small spot or discoloration.
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  Freckle \Frec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freckled
     (fr[e^]k"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Freckling
     (fr[e^]k"kl[i^]ng).]
     To sprinkle or mark with freckles or small discolored spots;
     to spot.
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  Freckle \Frec"kle\ (fr[e^]k"k'l), v. i.
     To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.
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freckle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  freckle
      n 1: a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
           [syn: freckle, lentigo]
      v 1: become freckled; "I freckle easily"
      2: mark with freckles

freckle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  177 Moby Thesaurus words for "freckle":
     band, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, birthmark, blackhead,
     blaze, blaze a trail, bleb, blemish, blister, blot, blotch, brand,
     bulla, caste mark, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, checker,
     checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, comedo, crack, crater, craze, cut,
     dapple, dappledness, dappleness, dash, defacement, defect, define,
     deformation, deformity, delimit, demarcate, discolor,
     discoloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, distortion, dot,
     dottedness, earmark, engrave, engraving, fault, flake, flaw, fleck,
     flick, flyspeck, freckliness, gash, graving, hack, harlequin,
     hatch, hemangioma, hickey, impress, imprint, iris, jot, keloid,
     kink, lentigo, line, macula, maculate, maculation, macule,
     make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking,
     milium, mole, motley, mottle, mottledness, needle scar, nevus,
     nick, notch, patch, pencil, pepper, pimple, pit, pock, pockmark,
     point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome,
     polychromize, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, prick, print, punch,
     punctuate, puncture, pustule, rainbow, riddle, rift, scab, scar,
     scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal,
     seam, sebaceous cyst, spangle, spatter, speck, speckle,
     speckliness, splash, splatter, split, splotch, spot, spottedness,
     spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma, stigmatize, stipple,
     stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe,
     stud, sty, tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate, tick, tick off, tittle,
     trace, track, twist, underline, underscore, variegate, vein,
     verruca, vesicle, wale, warp, wart, watermark, weal, welt, wen,
     whitehead