speck

«speck» in Mova's school dictionary: a very small spot, mark or piece of something, like dust… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a speck, specks)

meaning for a pupil

1) A speck is a very small spot, mark or piece of something, like dust or dirt. tree →

2) Something so far away that it looks like a tiny dot. tree →

3) In old country speech, speck means to suppose or expect. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in descriptive writing and stories: "a speck of dust", "the plane was just a speck in the sky". In science: a speck seen through a microscope. Phrases: "a speck of", "not a speck".

examples

• There is a speck of dirt on your glasses. tree →
• The plane became a speck in the sky. tree →
• Not a speck of dust was left after cleaning. tree →
• She saw a tiny speck under the microscope. tree →
• The boat was just a speck on the horizon. tree →
• There is a speck of paint on the window. tree →
• I speck he takin' a nap,' sezee. tree →

note

Countable. Related: speckled (covered with little spots). Do not confuse with "specs" (informal for glasses).

In the corpora

• A flame is glowing hot gas; its yellow light comes from tiny specks of hot soot.
• Jesus said to take the plank out of your own eye before taking the speck out of your brother's eye.
• Paint shops are kept dust-free because one speck under the paint shows as a bump.
• A shooting star is not a star but a meteor: a speck of space rock burning up in the air.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «speck» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.