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"text": "One act like this blots out a thouſand Crimes.",
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"To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil."
],
"links": [
[
"mar",
"mar"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert:",
"text": "Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stain with infamy; to disgrace."
],
"links": [
[
"infamy",
"infamy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with collocations",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to blot out a word or a sentence",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, page 82:",
"text": "One act like this blots out a thouſand Crimes.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out."
],
"links": [
[
"obliterate",
"obliterate"
],
[
"efface",
"efface"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1656, Abraham Cowley, Davideis:",
"text": "He ſung how Earth blots the Moons gilded Wane,[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Multicultural London English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006 June 26, “Where Ya From?” (track 10), in Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, performed by Plan B (musician):",
"text": "I'm walking down the street, past the coppers on the beat. Past the shotters blottin' weed, clear for everyone to see.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009 March 17, “Next Hype” (track 3), in All-Star Pars, performed by Tempa T:",
"text": "What kind of things that you have. When I find out don't expect me to stop. I'll come for the P's that you stack. And come for the food that you blot.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 August 18, “Earth Burns”performed by Porchy,Oxxxymiron:",
"text": "Porchy: Blottin' dope on the block, going on these shows.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push."
],
"links": [
[
"deal",
"deal"
],
[
"push",
"push"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push."
],
"tags": [
"Multicultural-London-English",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Backgammon"
],
"glosses": [
"To hit a blot."
],
"links": [
[
"backgammon",
"backgammon"
],
[
"hit",
"hit"
],
[
"blot",
"blot#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(backgammon, transitive) To hit a blot."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"backgammon",
"games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blɒt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒt"
},
{
"ipa": "/blɑt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-blot.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-blot.ogg/En-us-blot.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-blot.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zacapvam",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "зацапвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opetnjavam",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "опетнявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "poskvrnit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "pokaňkat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "postříkat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "tahrata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "tacher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "beflecken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "kleckern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "macchiare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "manchar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "borrar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "păta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "emborronar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause a blot",
"word": "manchar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "popivam",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "попивам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "sát"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nasát"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vysát"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "imeä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "imaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "imeytyä"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "assorbire"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "secar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "enjugar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "enjutar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"word": "absorber"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to absorb liquid",
"tags": [
"Costa-Rica"
],
"word": "entrapar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaličavam",
"sense": "to hide, obscure or obliterate",
"word": "заличавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to hide, obscure or obliterate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vymazat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hide, obscure or obliterate",
"word": "piilotella"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hide, obscure or obliterate",
"word": "ablöschen"
}
],
"word": "blot"
}
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