"dapple" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: [ˈdæpəɫ] [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dapple.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more dapple [comparative], most dapple [superlative]
Rhymes: -æpəl Head templates: {{en-adj}} dapple (comparative more dapple, superlative most dapple)
  1. Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled. Translations (having a spotted skin or coat): пъстър (pǎstǎr) (Bulgarian), петнист (petnist) (Bulgarian), laikukas (Finnish), taché (French), tacheté (French), пятни́стый (pjatnístyj) (Russian), в яблоках (v jáblokakh) (note: of horses) (Russian), чуба́рый (čubáryj) (Russian), tordo (Spanish), moteado (Spanish), habado (Spanish), apelkastad (note: of horses) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dapple-en-adj-lOayh3D7

Noun

IPA: [ˈdæpəɫ] [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dapple.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dapples [plural]
Rhymes: -æpəl Head templates: {{en-noun}} dapple (plural dapples)
  1. A mottled marking, usually in clusters. Translations (mottled marking): laikku (Finnish), пятнистая окра́ска (pjatnistaja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dapple-en-noun-4eanKxVb Disambiguation of 'mottled marking': 89 11
  2. An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat. Translations (dappled animal): papurikko (note: esp. horse) (Finnish), laikukas (eläin) (Finnish), tordo (Spanish), animal de piel moteada (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dapple-en-noun-pxiZRR7b Disambiguation of 'dappled animal': 18 82

Verb

IPA: [ˈdæpəɫ] [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dapple.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dapples [present, singular, third-person], dappling [participle, present], dappled [participle, past], dappled [past]
Rhymes: -æpəl Head templates: {{en-verb}} dapple (third-person singular simple present dapples, present participle dappling, simple past and past participle dappled)
  1. To mark or become marked with mottling or spots. Categories (lifeform): Horse colors Related terms: dapple-throat Translations (to mark with spots): изпъстрям (izpǎstrjam) (Bulgarian), изпъстрям се (izpǎstrjam se) (Bulgarian), покрыва́ть пятнами (pokryvátʹ) (Russian), покрываться пятнами (pokryvatʹsja) (Russian), пятнить (pjatnitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пятниться (pjatnitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), пятнать (pjatnatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пятнаться (pjatnatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), запятнать (zapjatnatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), запятнаться (zapjatnatʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), испятнать (ispjatnatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), испятнаться (ispjatnatʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), motear (Spanish), salpicar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dapple-en-verb-HZssRV6R Disambiguation of Horse colors: 12 20 16 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 17 7 67

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1984, Dan Parkinson, Gunpowder Glory, page 103",
          "text": "I was on a running Morgan that could leave anything in six counties behind, and all she had was that short-hocked dapple pony.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled."
      ],
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        [
          "mottle",
          "mottle"
        ],
        [
          "spotted",
          "spotted"
        ],
        [
          "dappled",
          "dappled"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdæpəɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æpəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dapple.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dapple.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dapple.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎstǎr",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "пъстър"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "petnist",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "петнист"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "laikukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "taché"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "tacheté"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjatnístyj",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "пятни́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of horses",
      "roman": "v jáblokakh",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "в яблоках"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čubáryj",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "чуба́рый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "tordo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "moteado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "habado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "of horses",
      "sense": "having a spotted skin or coat",
      "word": "apelkastad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dapple"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/æpəl/2 syllables",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "dappled",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "dapple-throat"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Ace Edmonds, Bands, Part 2",
          "text": "Kris awoke with a start. Sweat dappled his forehead, and he brushed it away.",
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        }
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dapple.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dapple.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dapple.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpǎstrjam",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "word": "изпъстрям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpǎstrjam se",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "word": "изпъстрям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "word": "покрыва́ть пятнами"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokryvatʹsja",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "word": "покрываться пятнами"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjatnitʹ",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пятнить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjatnitʹsja",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пятниться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjatnatʹ",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пятнать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjatnatʹsja",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пятнаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapjatnatʹ",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запятнать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapjatnatʹsja",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запятнаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispjatnatʹ",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "испятнать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispjatnatʹsja",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "испятнаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "word": "motear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to mark with spots",
      "word": "salpicar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dapple"
}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": okráska vs. pjatnistaja",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "dapple",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pjatnami vs. pokryvátʹ",
  "path": [
    "dapple"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "dapple",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pjatnami vs. pokryvatʹsja",
  "path": [
    "dapple"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "dapple",
  "trace": ""
}

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