Dapple (Verb)
Meaning
Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The sunlight filtering through the trees dappled the forest floor with patches of bright green and shadowy brown.
- The walls of the building had been dappled with varying shades of grey and blue by the changing weather conditions over the years.
- The moonlight dappled the rippling waves of the ocean, casting an ethereal gloom over its surface.
- A mixture of dark and light colours dappled the plumage of the bird, giving it an incredible camouflage.
- Speckled clouds that dappled the blue sky softened the picturesque village scene.