Meaning & use
Dapples
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Marks a surface with spots or patches of a different shade or color.
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Sunlight dapples the forest floor as it filters through the leaves.
The morning shade dapples the lawn beneath the old oak tree.
A note on using this word
Also used as a noun for the patches themselves, as in the 'dapples' on a gray horse's coat.
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