1. a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
2. a minute or small spot on a surface; speck: There were dots of soot on the windowsill.
3. anything relatively small or specklike.
4. a small specimen, section, amount, or portion: a dot of butter.
5. a period, especially as used when pronouncing an internet address.
6. Music.
• a point placed after a note or rest, to indicate that the duration of the note or rest is to be increased one half. A double dot further increases the duration by one half the value of the single dot.
• a point placed under or over a note to indicate that it is to be played staccato.
7. a signal of shorter duration than a dash, used in groups along with groups of dashes and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
8. an individual element in a halftone reproduction.

9. to mark with or as if with a dot or dots.
10. to stud or diversify with or as if with dots: Trees dot the landscape.
11. to form or cover with dots: He dotted a line across the page.
12. to sprinkle with dabs of butter, margarine, or the like: Dot the filling with butter.

13. to make a dot or dots.

14. to be meticulous or precise, even to the smallest detail.
15. precisely; exactly at the time specified: The guests arrived at eight o'clock on the dot.
16. very long ago.

1. dowry (def. 1).

1. a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.

1. (in a video game) an attack that results in light or moderate damage when it is dealt, but that wounds or weakens the receiving character, who continues to lose health in small increments for a specified period of time, or until healed by a spell, potion, etc.
2. Department of Transportation.
3. reference book formerly published by the Department of Labor with job titles, descriptions, and official classifications, discontinued in 1999 and replaced by the online Occupational Informational Network.

1. a small round mark made with or as with a pen, etc; spot; speck; point
2. anything resembling a dot; a small amount
3. the mark (˙) that appears above the main stem of the letters i, j
4. music
• the symbol (·) placed after a note or rest to increase its time value by half
• this symbol written above or below a note indicating that it must be played or sung staccato
5. maths logic
• the symbol (.) indicating multiplication or logical conjunction
• a decimal point
6. the symbol (·) used, in combination with the symbol for dash (–), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes
7. as long ago as can be remembered
8. at exactly the arranged time

9. to mark or form with a dot
10. to scatter or intersperse (with dots or something resembling dots)
11. to make a dot or dots
12. to pay meticulous attention to detail

1. a woman's dowry

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