| dot | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. dot, point | a very small circular shape.; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" |
| ~ disk, saucer, disc | something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" |
| n. (group) | 2. department of transportation, dot, transportation | the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966. |
| ~ executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. |
| ~ faa, federal aviation agency | an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation. |
| ~ transportation security administration, tsa | an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel. |
| ~ u. s. coast guard, united states coast guard, us coast guard | an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce. |
| n. (communication) | 3. dit, dot | the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code. |
| ~ international morse code, morse, morse code | a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals). |
| ~ radiotelegraphic signal, telegraphic signal | a signal transmitted by telegraphy. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, elvis, loony toons, lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide. |
| ~ lsd, lysergic acid diethylamide | a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid. |
| v. (stative) | 5. constellate, dot, stud | scatter or intersperse like dots or studs.; "Hills constellated with lights" |
| ~ cover, extend, continue | span an interval of distance, space or time.; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" |
| v. (contact) | 6. disperse, dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle | distribute loosely.; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" |
| ~ spray | scatter in a mass or jet of droplets.; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall" |
| ~ spray | be discharged in sprays of liquid.; "Water sprayed all over the floor" |
| ~ spatter, plash, splatter, swash, splash, splosh | dash a liquid upon or against.; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" |
| ~ splash, sprinkle, splosh | cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force.; "She splashed the water around her" |
| ~ discharge | pour forth or release.; "discharge liquids" |
| ~ bespangle | dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects. |
| ~ aerosolize, aerosolise | disperse as an aerosol.; "The bacteria suspension was aerosolized" |
| v. (communication) | 7. dot | make a dot or dots. |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| v. (change) | 8. dot | mark with a dot.; "dot your `i's" |
| ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
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