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stippled drawing
stip·ple
(stĭp′əl)tr.v. stip·pled, stip·pling, stip·ples
1. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.
2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.
3. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds" (Flannery O'Connor).
n.
1. A method of drawing, engraving, or painting using dots or short strokes.
2. The effect produced by stippling.
[Dutch stippelen, frequentative of stippen, to speckle, from stip, dot, from Middle Dutch.]
stip′pler n.
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stipple
(ˈstɪpəl)vb (tr)
1. (Art Terms) to draw, engrave, or paint using dots or flecks
2. (Art Terms) to apply paint, powder, etc, to (something) with many light dabs
3. (Building) to give (wet paint, cement, etc) a granular effect
n
(Art Terms) the technique of stippling or a picture produced by or using stippling
[C18: from Dutch stippelen, from stippen to prick, from stip point]
ˈstippler n
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stip•ple
(ˈstɪp əl)v. -pled, -pling,
n. v.t.
1. to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
n. 2. the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling.
3. stippled work.
Also, stip′pling.[1660–70; < Dutch stippelen]
stip′pler, n.
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stipple
Past participle: stippled
Gerund: stippling
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| Verb | 1. | stipple - engrave by means of dots and flicks artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| 2. | stipple - make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" | |
| 3. | stipple - apply (paint) in small dots or strokes paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" | |
| 4. | stipple - produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" |
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stipple
vi → die Tupfentechnik anwenden
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