Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dot

4 senses of dot

Sense 1
point, dot -- (a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots")
       => disk, disc, saucer -- (something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky")

Sense 2
Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT -- (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)

Sense 3
dot, dit -- (the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code)
       => telegraphic signal, radiotelegraphic signal -- (a signal transmitted by telegraphy)

Sense 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)
       => lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD -- (a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dot

4 senses of dot

Sense 1
dot, stud, constellate -- (scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights")
       => cover, continue, extend -- (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")

Sense 2
scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse -- (distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon")
       => discharge -- (pour forth or release; "discharge liquids")

Sense 3
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")

Sense 4
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")