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BESPATTER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spot, splash, or soil
Example:
The baby spattered the bib with food
Synonyms:
bespatter; spatter
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bespatter" is one way to...):
blob; blot; fleck; spot (make a spot or mark onto)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They bespatter the bread with melted butter
