Meaning & use
Mottles
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Marks a surface with spots or smears of different shades or colors.
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Sunlight filtering through the leaves mottles the forest floor with shifting patches of light.
Age and sun exposure had mottled the skin on his hands.
A note on using this word
The adjective "mottled," describing patchy coloring, is far more common than this verb form.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Patches or blotches of a different color or shade on a surface.
The bird's feathers were covered in brown mottles.
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