dot

/dɒt//dɑt/

noun

  1. 1

    A small, round spot.

    a dot of colour
  2. 2

    (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

  3. 3

    A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.

  4. 4

    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.

  5. 5

    One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

  6. 6

    A lump or clot.

  7. 7

    Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.

    a dot of a child
  8. 8

    A dot ball.

  9. 9

    Buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun

verb

  1. 1

    To cover with small spots (of some liquid).

    His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.
  2. 2

    To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

    Dot your is and cross your ts.
  3. 3

    To mark by means of dots or small spots.

    to dot a line
  4. 4

    To mark or diversify with small detached objects.

    to dot a landscape with cottages
  5. 5

    To punch (a person).

Synonyms

preposition

  1. 1

    Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

noun

  1. 1

    A dowry.

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