The meaning of DOT is a small spot : speck. How to use dot in a sentence.

This island near the Statue of Liberty, dotted with large, detached houses and patchy bus service, is politically more conservative than New York's other four boroughs.

past simple and past participle of dot (Definition of dotted from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If a place or object is dotted with things, it has many of those things scattered over its surface. The maps were dotted with the names of small towns. ...a pond that's dotted with water lilies.

Definition of dotted adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. To mark with a dot. 2. To form or make with dots. 3. To cover with or as if with dots: "Campfires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night" (Stephen Crane).

6 days ago · dotted Definitions of dotted adjective having a pattern of dots synonyms: flecked, specked, speckled, stippled

Factsheet What does the adjective dotted mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective dotted. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

to form or cover with dots: He dotted a line across the page. Food [Cookery.]to sprinkle with dabs of butter, margarine, or the like: Dot the filling with butter. v.i. to make a dot or dots. Idioms dot one's i's …

The word 'dotted' originated from the Middle English word 'doten', meaning 'to make a dot'. It has been used in English since the 14th century to describe the action of marking with dots or small spots.