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marking - a pattern of marks |
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design,
pattern,
figure the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"
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blaze a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
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crisscross,
cross,
mark a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
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eyespot,
ocellus an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
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shading a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
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dapple,
speckle,
fleck,
maculation,
patch,
spot a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
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streak,
stripe,
bar a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
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marking - the act of making a visible mark on a surface |
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decoration the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
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lineation the act of marking or outlining with lines
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mottling the act of coloring with areas of different shades
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striping the act of marking with stripes
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marking - evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" |
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grading,
scoring |
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evaluation,
rating act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
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