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blob

(blŏb)

1. A soft, amorphous mass.

2. A daub, as of color.

tr.v. blobbed, blob·bing, blobs

To splash or daub with blobs; splotch.

[From Middle English blober, bubble, bubbling, probably of imitative origin.]

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blob

(blɒb)

1. a soft mass or drop, as of some viscous liquid

2. a spot, dab, or blotch of colour, ink, etc

3. an indistinct or shapeless form or object

4. a slang word for condom

vb, blobs, blobbing or blobbed

(tr) to put blobs, as of ink or paint, on

[C15: perhaps of imitative origin; compare bubble]

ˈblobby adj

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blob

(blɒb)

n., v. blobbed, blob•bing. n.

1. a small lump or drop of a thick or glutinous substance.

2. a small splotch or daub, as of color.

3. an object, esp. a large one, having no distinct shape or definition.

v.t.

4. to mark or splotch with blobs.

[1400–50; late Middle English]

blob

Past participle: blobbed
Gerund: blobbing

Imperative
blob
blob

Present
I blob
you blob
he/she/it blobs
we blob
you blob
they blob

Preterite
I blobbed
you blobbed
he/she/it blobbed
we blobbed
you blobbed
they blobbed

Present Continuous
I am blobbing
you are blobbing
he/she/it is blobbing
we are blobbing
you are blobbing
they are blobbing

Present Perfect
I have blobbed
you have blobbed
he/she/it has blobbed
we have blobbed
you have blobbed
they have blobbed

Past Continuous
I was blobbing
you were blobbing
he/she/it was blobbing
we were blobbing
you were blobbing
they were blobbing

Past Perfect
I had blobbed
you had blobbed
he/she/it had blobbed
we had blobbed
you had blobbed
they had blobbed

Future
I will blob
you will blob
he/she/it will blob
we will blob
you will blob
they will blob

Future Perfect
I will have blobbed
you will have blobbed
he/she/it will have blobbed
we will have blobbed
you will have blobbed
they will have blobbed

Future Continuous
I will be blobbing
you will be blobbing
he/she/it will be blobbing
we will be blobbing
you will be blobbing
they will be blobbing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blobbing
you have been blobbing
he/she/it has been blobbing
we have been blobbing
you have been blobbing
they have been blobbing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blobbing
you will have been blobbing
he/she/it will have been blobbing
we will have been blobbing
you will have been blobbing
they will have been blobbing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blobbing
you had been blobbing
he/she/it had been blobbing
we had been blobbing
you had been blobbing
they had been blobbing

Conditional
I would blob
you would blob
he/she/it would blob
we would blob
you would blob
they would blob

Past Conditional
I would have blobbed
you would have blobbed
he/she/it would have blobbed
we would have blobbed
you would have blobbed
they would have blobbed

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Noun	1.	blob - an indistinct shapeless form amorphous shape - an ill-defined or arbitrary shape
Verb	1.	blob - make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" fleck, blot, spot stain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface splotch - blotch or spot maculate, tarnish, defile, sully, stain - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" bespeckle, speckle - mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" bespatter, spatter - spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"

blob

noun

1. drop, ball, mass, pearl, lump, bead, dab, droplet, globule, glob, dewdrop a blob of chocolate mousse

2. form, blurred outline, spot, shape, shadow, silhouette a blob in the distance

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Translations

نُقْط÷، قَطْرَه

kaňkakapka

klatklump

Klecks

tache

klessa

macchia

lašelis

lāsepiciņa

klatt klump

damla kabarcık

一滴

blob

[blɒb] N (= drop) [of ink etc] → gota f; (= lump) [of mud etc] → grumo m; (= stain) → mancha f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blob

[ˈblɒb] n

[cream, glue] → goutte f; [paint] → grosse tache f
a blob of glue → une goutte de colle

(= indistinct shape) → forme f floue

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blob

n (of water, honey, wax) → Tropfen m; (of ink) → Klecks m; (of paint) → Tupfer m; (of ice cream, mashed potato) → Klacks m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blob

[blɒb] n (drop) → goccia; (stain, spot) → macchia; (lump, of mud) → pallina

blob

(blob) noun

a (usually small) shapeless mass of liquid etc. a blob of paint; a blob of wax.

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It was as if a great big blob of wet darkness had been waved over your head."

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It was a long commercial envelope of ordinary type, and although the flap was secured with a blob of sealing wax, there was no particular impression upon it.

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In the nearer foreground I discerned a small, dark blob of color upon the shimmering whiteness of the snow.

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At length Tom's friend, being of an ingenious turn of mind, suggested sealing with ink; and the letter was accordingly stuck down with a blob of ink, and duly handed by Tom, on his way to bed, to the housekeeper to be posted.

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Here were the treasures which the great ocean had bestowed upon him-- pale fish in greenish liquids, blobs of jelly with streaming tresses, fish with lights in their heads, they lived so deep.

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Through this the picture gave one the suggestion of a colossal impressionistic canvas in greens and browns and scarlets and yellows surrounding the deep blue of the inland sea--just blobs of color taking form through the tumbling mist.

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Blob's nemesis Comrade Black has been stripping paint from the city and turning its residents into colourless slaves.

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