Word Finder - spotted

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To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

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Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.

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To loan a small amount of money to someone.

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I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.

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To stain; to leave a spot (on).

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Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.

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To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.

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I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.

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To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.

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To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.

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I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.

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To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.

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Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.

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To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.

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To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

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To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.

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The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot.

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Discoloured by spots; stained.

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(no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).

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the spotted hyena

Finally she spotted him talking to his father.

They've spotted the van!

When they spotted his truck, Destiny squealed.

She spotted him waving to her from the boardwalk outside the saloon.

She looked around the area where his desk had been and spotted a perfume bottle similar to the one he'd give her before.

She spotted the place down the path, a point overlooking the valley.

She glanced out the window and spotted the Arch.

He was alone, and as he alighted from his vehicle carrying his cardboard sign, he spotted them.

Dean spotted Brandon Westlake on Main Street.

My high speed was spotted by a patrol car coming in the opposite direction.

When she spotted Carmen, her eyes widened, but she kept walking.

As she entered the parking lot, she spotted Lori's car.

What would have happened if she hadn't spotted you?

Nearing the old house, she spotted an unfamiliar truck parked beside the road.

No, Pete spotted them afore they saw us, so we got away.

Toni spotted him and trotted over.

They spotted Fred and the boy from the top of the slope.

Howie spotted Cummings picking up Jennie Lohr as she hitchhiked to town from her rural Kansas farm.

We were nearly across the empty floor before a clerk spotted us.

She spotted the maroon drops on the pad of one thumb and drew his hand up to her lips.

Cynthia had spotted him coming up the walk, Martha explained, and managed to remain out of sight while Fred helped Shipton lug down the belongings.

Cynthia spotted him as he crossed the living room and started down the hall, his boot heels clicking sharply on the hardwood floor.

What reasonable man ever supposed that ornaments were something outward and in the skin merely--that the tortoise got his spotted shell, or the shell-fish its mother-o'-pearl tints, by such a contract as the inhabitants of Broadway their Trinity Church?

Rostov was particularly struck by the beauty of a small, pure-bred, red- spotted bitch on Ilagin's leash, slender but with muscles like steel, a delicate muzzle, and prominent black eyes.

About ten minutes later, he spotted it again and followed.

Glancing around to see if Yancey was gone, she spotted him disappearing around the bend, on his way to the house.

She wandered through the house, peering out the window until she spotted a small shed.

Dean spotted Cynthia waving from the corner, just as Pumpkin shocked her with a stream of liquid.

Later she spotted Katie talking to Alex.

A few minutes later, I spotted Howie and Betsy in a hushed conversation.

The case was only hours old when Betsy spotted it giving us hope for the boy's recovery and the perpetrator's arrest.

Fred and the Bird Song Five were spotted by first locating the largest stash of trash.

He spotted Dean at once and joined him on the next stool.

Cautiously, she crept up to the door and peered around it, jerking her head back instinctively when she spotted Yancey unlocking a door to an inner office.

Finally we spotted a large chain store and upon entering, detected a bank of telephones near the rest rooms.

I spotted these on the half-price table while Martha was finding fault with suitcases.

I knew he had a spotted life before meeting my mother, but I figured he was secretive about his past simply because it gave him a sort of mystique.

Dean glanced up, trying to catch his breath and spotted the mine portal before them.

They were driving on Main Street when they spotted Fred O'Connor sauntering down from the courthouse chatting with two ladies who looked enthralled by his company.

He kept an eye out for Billy Langstrom, whom he still hoped to talk to, but he spotted neither him nor Pumpkin Green in the crowd.

Looking around, she spotted his office and went in, uninvited.

He spotted the canvas and smiled, shaking his head in disbelief.

He relaxed at the familiar voice and spotted the speaker.

The genet proper is a small white spotted cat found in Europe, but the quantity is too small to be of commercial interest.

She stopped in the kitchen when she spotted the skillet of scrambled eggs and a pan of biscuits beside it.

I spotted a gas station on a corner as we entered the city of Lynn but as we pulled closer, we saw the place was out of business.

This time, Daniel Brennan was not available to inform us and it was just my bored web surfing that spotted the notice.

Our dog spotted a rabbit crossing his driveway and lurched forward to give chase, tangling me in his leash as I answered.

After ten minutes of pushing back branches, I spotted the back of a pop up trailer.

Alex walked toward her and it was a minute before Destiny spotted him.