| Main Entry: | variegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | streak |
Synonyms: |
band, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, slash, smear, spot*, strake, striate, stripe, vein |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
Synonyms: |
adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
Antonyms: |
discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | daub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coat; make dirty |
Synonyms: |
begrime, besmear, bespray, blur, cover, dab, deface, dirty, fleck, grime, paint, plaster, slap on, smear, smirch, smudge, spatter, speckle, splatter, spot, spread, stain, sully, variegate, varnish |
| Main Entry: | differentiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change; make different |
Synonyms: |
adapt, alter, assort, convert, diversify, mismatch, mismate, modify, transform, variegate, vary |
Antonyms: |
allow, leave |
| Main Entry: | diversify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread out; branch out |
Synonyms: |
alter, assort, change, expand, mix, modify, transform, variegate, vary |
Antonyms: |
conform, stay same, unvary |
| Main Entry: | fleck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark with spots |
Synonyms: |
bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, dust, maculate, mottle, speckle, stipple, streak, variegate |
| Main Entry: | streak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a line on |
Synonyms: |
band, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, slash, smear, spot, strake, striate, stripe, variegate, vein |
| Main Entry: | vary |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
Synonyms: |
alter, alternate, assort, be unlike, blow hot and cold, convert, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, displace, dissent, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divide, fluctuate, hem and haw, inflect, interchange, modify, mutate, part, permutate, range, separate, shilly-shally, swerve, take turns, transform, turn, variegate, yo-yo |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | mottle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speckle |
Synonyms: |
bespeckle, besprinkle, brindle, dapple, dot, flake, fleck, freckle, mosaic, patch, pepper, punctate, speck, spot, sprinkle, stipple, variegate |
| Main Entry: | striate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | streak |
Synonyms: |
band, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, slash, smear, spot*, strake, stripe, variegate, vein |