blotting

blotting
verb (T)
1 to dry a wet surface by pressing soft paper or cloth on it
2 blot your copybook informal to do something that spoils the idea that people have of you
blot sth out phrasal verb (T) to cover or hide something completely: Thick, white smoke completely blotted out the sun. | She had blotted out all her memories of the accident. blot sth up phrasal verb (T) to remove liquid from a surface by pressing a soft cloth, paper etc onto it 2 noun (C)
1 a mark or spot that spoils something or makes it dirty: ink blots
2 a building, structure etc that is ugly and spoils the appearance of a place: a blot on the landscape: That new power station is a real blot on the landscape.
3 something that spoils the good opinion other people have of you: The Colonel's confession is a blot on the army's honor.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • blotting — mid 15c., verbal noun from prp. of BLOT (Cf. blot) (v.). Blotting paper is recorded from 1510s …   Etymology dictionary

  • blotting — blotting; im·mu·no·blotting; …   English syllables

  • blotting — blotting. См. блоттинг. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Blotting — Als Blotting oder Blotten bezeichnet man in der Molekularbiologie ein Verfahren zum Transfer von DNA, RNA oder Proteinen auf eine Membran. Der Name leitet sich aus dem englischen „to blot“ (klecksen, beflecken, mit Löschpapier abtupfen) ab, was… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Blotting — Blọt|ting [engl. blot = [be]klecksen, ablöschen]: eine molekularbiol. Nachweismethode, bei der z. B. elektrophoretisch getrennte DNA Fragmente – nach ↑ Denaturierung (1) innerhalb der Gelschicht – auf eine Cellulosenitrat Matrix übertragen… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Blotting — Blot Blot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. [1913 Webster] The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. Gascoigne. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blotting — blot·ting (blotґing) soaking up with or transferring to absorbent material. For specific techniques using blotting to analyze nucleic acids and proteins, see entries under blot …   Medical dictionary

  • Blotting paper — is a type of paper or other material which is used to absorb an excess of substance (such as ink or oil) from the surface of an object.Examples of its use include absorbing the excess ink left on parchment after writing with a fountain pen,… …   Wikipedia

  • Blotting paper — Blot ting pa per (p[=a] p[ e]r). A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from a freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blotting out — index defacement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • blotting paper — blotting .paper n [U] soft thick paper used for drying wet ink on a page after writing …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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