· catch sight of

Synonym(s): descry, espy, spy

Hypernym(s): spy, sight

· detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

Synonym(s): recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick_out, make_out, tell_apart

· mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished"

Synonym(s): blemish

Hypernym(s): dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

· make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

Synonym(s): fleck, blob, blot

Hypernym(s): change_surface

· become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"

Hypernym(s): change

· mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

Hypernym(s): mark

· having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"

Synonym(s): patched, spotty