dot Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A small spot.
- a dot of colour
(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
A diacritical mark comprised of a small opaque circle above or below any of various letters of the Latin script. Examples include: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, etc.
(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
(obsolete) A lump or clot.
Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
- a dot of a child
(cricket, informal) A dot ball.
Synonyms
* (small spot) speck, spot
* (at the end of a sentence or abbreviation) full stop (British), period (US), point
* (as a diacritic) tittle (over the letters i and j)
* (sense) decimal point
* (in Morse code) dit
Derived terms
(terms derived from dot)
* centered dot, centred dot
* connect the dots
* dotcom
* dot matrix
* dot matrix printer
* dot product
* dottel
* dottle
* dotty
* join the dots
* middle dot
* off one's dot
* on the dot
* polka dot
* the year dot
Verb
( dott)
To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
- His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.
To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
- Dot your i''s and cross your ''t s.
To mark by means of dots or small spots.
- to dot a line
To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
- to dot a landscape with cottages
Derived terms
* dot do dot
* dot the i's and cross the t's
Preposition
( English prepositions)
Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.
- The work is equal to F dot ?x.
Coordinate terms
*
*
Etymology 2
From (etyl) dot.
Alternative forms
* dote
Noun
( en noun)
(US, Louisiana) A dowry.
* 1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,
- "Have you the pictures still?" I asked.
- "Yes; I am keeping them till my daughter is of marriageable age, and then I shall sell them. They will be her dot ."
* 1927 , Anna Bowman Dodd, Talleyrand: the Training of a Statesman :
- As a bride, Madame de Talleyrand had brought a small dot of fifteen thousand francs to the family fund.
Anagrams
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puzzle Noun
( en noun)
Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
- Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
A crossword puzzle.
A jigsaw puzzle.
A riddle.
(archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- to be in a puzzle
Synonyms
* (anything difficult to understand or make sense of ): anybody's guess, anyone's guess, conundrum, enigma, mystery
* (game for one person ): brain-teaser, poser
* (crossword puzzle ): crossword, crossword puzzle
* (''jigsaw puzzle): jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle
* (riddle ): guessing game, riddle
Derived terms
* Chinese puzzle
* crossword puzzle
* jigsaw puzzle
* monkey puzzle
* puzzle out
* puzzle over
* puzzled
* puzzlement
* puzzler
* puzzling
Verb
( puzzl)
(label) To perplex (someone).
* (Henry More) (1614-1687)
- A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others, if they be not thoroughpaced speculators in those great theories.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
- He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders.
*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings
, passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}
To make intricate; to entangle.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
- The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, / Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.
* (William Cowper) (1731-1800)
- They disentangle from the puzzled skein.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* puzzled
* puzzle out
* puzzle over
* puzzle through
* puzzler
* puzzling
Related terms
* puzzlement
References
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