Main Entry:

²spot

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

spot·ted; spot·ting

Date:

14th century

transitive verb1: to stain the character or reputation of : disgrace2: to mark in or with a spot : stain3: to locate or identify by a spot4 a: to single out : identify ; especially : to note as a known criminal or a suspicious person b: detect, notice <spot a mistake> c (1): to locate accurately <spot an enemy position> (2): to cause to strike accurately <spot the battery's fire>5 a: to lie at intervals in or over : stud b: to place at intervals or in a desired spot <spot field telephones> c: to fix in or as if in the beam of a spotlight d: to schedule in a particular spot or at a particular time6: to remove a spot from7: to allow as a handicapintransitive verb1: to become stained or discolored in spots2: to cause a spot3: to act as a spotter ; especially : to locate targets4: to experience abnormal and sporadic bleeding in small amounts from the uterus

— spot·ta·ble \ˈspä-tə-bəl\ adjective