blotting

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of absorbing or soaking up an ink mark or stain with a piece of absorbent material, such as a blotter or paper.

  - "After writing a letter, I always blot the ink to ensure it doesn't smear."
  - "The teacher asked the students to blot their tests before turning them in."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with blotting
dotting , potting , spotting

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Variants

List of all variants of blotting that leads to same result
blot , blots , blotted , blotting , blotting paper , blotting papers , blot out , blots out , blotted out , blotting out , Southern blot , Southern blotting , Western blot , Western blotting

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'blotter', meaning 'to blot', derived from the Latin word 'blotus', meaning 'blotched' or 'spotted'.

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Trivia

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1. The first blotters were made from the bladder of a sheep or calf.

2. Blotting was a crucial step in the production of handwritten documents before the invention of photocopiers.

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Related Concepts

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1. blotter: A flat, absorbent material used to blot ink.

2. quill pen: A writing instrument used in the past for writing with ink.

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Culture

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Blotting has been used throughout history in various forms of writing, from ancient manuscripts to modern-day letter writing. In literature, the term 'blotting out' is used metaphorically to describe obliterating or erasing something.

How to Memorize "blotting"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of dabbing a piece of absorbent material onto an ink stain to soak it up.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'blotting' with the act of making something clean or error-free, such as blotting out mistakes on a document.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Blotting out mistakes, making things right' to help memorize the meaning of the word.

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