| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To defect, fault or flaw.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To blot, taint, smirch, tarnish or blur.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb blemish.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (blemish) | 1. Mar or spoil the appearance of.[Wordnet]. 2. Mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished".[Wordnet]. 3. Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective.[Wordnet]. 4. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.[Websters]. 5. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: blemishing, blemished, blemishes, blemisher, blemishers, blemishingly and blemishedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BLEMISHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BLEMISHING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Marking with deformity; tarnishing.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of blemish. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: blemish
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Blemish remover | Occupations | Removes color blemishes and fills in cracks or scratches on shoes: Applies prepared colors with cloth, hand spray, or crayon to obtain or restore specified color. Applies prepared filler, using cloth or hand spray, to fill cracks and scratches. May blend prepared pigments to match shoe color, using spatula. May cement or rub cut or nicked areas of shoe. May be designated according to type or color of shoe as Russet Repairer (boot & shoe). (references) | |
| Type 1 blemish | Publishing & Graphic Arts | Type 1 aging blemishes are circular spots, usually 50 to 150 micrometers (microns) in a diameter, with sharp boundaries. Concentric light and dark rings are common. Spots normally occur as reduced density in high-density "background" areas, but may make incursions into low density lines or characters. They are usually brown, orange, reddish, or yellow in color. It is common to find many spots about the same size on a sample. The circular boundaries of two or more spots may intersect. The spots are often seen centered on scratches in the emulsion, sometimes closely packed like beads on a string. They sometimes occur in higher concentration at steep density gradients between high-and low-density regions, sometimes being so closely packed as to give the appearance of a continuous band. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Type 2 blemish | Publishing & Graphic Arts | Type 2 are defects in the light lines forming the characters themselves, rather than in the high-density "background". The lines making up the characters become lighter, yellowish, and broader. The boundaries of the defect are sharp. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Type 5 blemish | Publishing & Graphic Arts | Type 5 is a reddening of the dark background in the immediate neighborhood of lighter characters. The boundaries of the discoloration are very diffuse. The shape is not regular, being determined by the shape of the characters with which the discoloration is associated. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: blemish | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Blemish | 8 | Blemish | 8 | |
| Blemish (album) | 6 | Blemish (album) | 6 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
