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Adjective: patterned  pa-tu(r)nd
  1. Having patterns (especially colourful patterns)
    "Exquisitely patterned, papers used to wrap gifts"
Verb: pattern  pa-tu(r)n
  1. Plan or create according to a model or models
    - model
     
  2. Form a pattern
    "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

See also: banded, black-and-tan, black-barred, black-marked, blobby, blotched, blotchy, brinded, brindle, brindled, brownish-speckled, brownish-striped, brown-speckled, brown-striped, burled, checked, checkered [N. Amer], chequered [Brit, Cdn], cross-banded, dappled, dark-spotted, dotted, figured, flecked, floral, flowered, freckled, laced, lentiginose, lentiginous, marbled, marbleised [Brit], marbleized, maroon-spotted, moire, moirĂ©, mottled, patched, pinstriped, pointillist, pointillistic, purple-spotted, purple-veined, reddish-striped, red-streaked, red-striped, ringed, slashed, specked, speckled, splotched, spotted, spotty, sprigged, stippled, streaked, streaky, striped, stripey [Brit], stripy, tabby, tessellated, tiger-striped, veined, veinlike, venose, violet-streaked, watered, white-blotched, white-ribbed, white-streaked, yellow-banded, yellow-marked, yellow-spotted, yellow-striped

Type of: agree, check, copy, correspond, fit, gibe, imitate, jibe, marry, marry up, match, simulate, tally

Antonym: unpatterned

Encyclopedia: Patterned

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