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# blot

«blot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a spot or stain, especially of ink** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (blots); verb (blots, blotted, blotting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A blot is a spot or stain, especially of ink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blot/#m1)

2) To blot is to dry or soak up wet ink with paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blot/#m2)

3) To blot out is to hide something completely, so that you cannot see it: the fog blotted out the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blot/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

in lessons, a blot is a mark spoiling a page of writing; in the tales, a cloud or bird blots out the light, so it goes dark

### examples

- He dropped a blot of ink on his page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blot/#x1)
- Blot the page with a tissue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blot/#x2)
- A cloud blotted out the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blot/#x3)
- The huge bird blotted out the light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blot/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.978/)
- [And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.212/)
- [I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake; and thy sins I will not remember.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.965/)
- [Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.101/)
- [Be gracious unto me, O God, according to Thy mercy; according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgressions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.844/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.