speck
/spɛk/
verb
- To mark or cover with small spots or specks.
- The morning dew specked the grass with tiny droplets.
- Age had specked the old photograph with brown spots.
- The artist specked the canvas with flecks of gold paint.
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noun
- A very small spot, mark, or piece of something.
- From the airplane, the cars on the highway looked like specks.
- She wiped a speck of paint off the kitchen counter.
- There was a tiny speck of dust on the lens of my camera.
- A very small amount of something.
- I don't have a speck of doubt that she will succeed.
- There wasn't a speck of truth in his story.
- Add just a speck of salt to the sauce.
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