1. Having a pattern of dots
   "The portrait disintegrates into a dotted pattern when seen from close up";
   - flecked, specked, speckled, stippled
    
2. Having gaps or spaces
   "sign on the dotted line";
   - dashed

1. Make a dot or dots
   "She dotted the 'i's and crossed the 't's in her careful handwriting"
    
2. Mark with a dot
   "dot your i's"
    
3. Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
   "Hills dotted with lights";
   - stud, constellate
    
4. Distribute loosely
   "He dotted gun powder under the wagon";
   - scatter, sprinkle, dust, disperse

See also: broken, patterned

Type of: continue, cover, discharge, extend, mark, write

Encyclopedia: Dot, PA