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English to English noun
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a very small spot |  | Example: the plane was just a speck in the sky
source: wordnet30
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(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | | source: wordnet30
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a slight but appreciable amount | | Example: this dish could use a touch of garlic
source: wordnet30
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The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. | | source: webster1913
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A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit. | | source: webster1913 verb
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produce specks in or on | | Example: speck the cloth
source: wordnet30
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To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. | | source: webster1913
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