"dotted" in the verb sense

1. dot, stud, constellate

scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

"Hills constellated with lights"

2. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse

distribute loosely

"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

3. dot

make a dot or dots

4. dot

mark with a dot

"dot your `i's"

"dotted" in the adjective sense

1. dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled

having a pattern of dots

2. dashed, dotted

having gaps or spaces

"sign on the dotted line"

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