Variegated

Word VARIEGATED
Character 10
Hyphenation va ri e ga ted
Pronunciations /ˈveəɹɪəˌɡeɪtɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Variegated"

What do we mean by variegated?

Having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored. adjective

Distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified. adjective

Varied in color; irregularly marked with different colors.

Having marks or patches of different colors. adjective

Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color; very colorful. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of variegate. verb

Having a variety of colors adjective

To add variety to something.

To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour.

To dapple.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Variegated

The word "variegated" in example sentences

The postcard just has two colours of fabric on it (plum and purple), separated by eyelash yarn in variegated purple - some other yarn couched down, some charms and another, different colour of eyelash yarn around the outside. ❋ Katelnorth (2008)

I was left to design and execute the lettering in variegated gold and One Shot enamel. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Given my tree theme this week, I decided to add some trees, and some lawn/grass in variegated green. ❋ Katelnorth (2008)

And I love it in variegated thread on a black background. ❋ Katelnorth (2006)

His fancy had sketched a pleasing picture of beautiful floating domiciles, moored under the banks of the river, and inhabited by a hundred thousand people in variegated costume; he recalled to memory the stories of the lofty pagodas lifting roof above roof, ... the snug cottages with the picturesque bridges and the comfortable Chinaman under the shade of a willow, with nothing to do but fish, all of which we have been accustomed to read, and pictures of which served to amuse us in our childhood .... ❋ Unknown (2005)

There is also a so-called variegated form, but it is not worthy of mention. ❋ Various (N/A)

Vertical plants such as horsetails, rushes and papyrus are a key element in designing such an environment and one of the loveliest - and lesser known - of these moisture-loving verticals is Baumea rubiginosa 'Variegata,' otherwise known as variegated striped rush. ❋ Erle Nickel (2011)

They were of the species [Ursus horribilis] common to the upper part of the Missouri, and might well be termed the variegated bear, for they are found occasionally of a black, grizzly, brown, or red color. ❋ Unknown (1805)

The editors of Memories of Eden, Mira and Tony Rocca received this moving letter from a Mandaean reader, who recalls the variegated social fabric which the book's author, Violette Shamash, describes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have non-variegated which is both uglier and more pernicious. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The men put on the same kind of variegated tie and the same plus fours, eat the same breakfast, tap the same barometer, smoke the same pipes and kill the same birds. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It had a richly ornamented portico, supported by tall pillars, beneath which was a lofty door, studded with silver knobs, and made of a kind of variegated wood that had been brought from beyond the sea. ❋ William H. Elson (N/A)

In grandmother Ruth's room there was a "fireside companion," and in the front room a "soapstone comfort," with sides and top of a certain kind of variegated limestone that held heat through the winter nights. ❋ Unknown (1887)

The "variegated" colored soaps are produced by adding the various colors, such as smalt and vermilion, previously mixed with water, to the soap in a melted state; these colors are but slightly crutched in, hence the streaky appearance or party color of the soap; this kind is also termed "marbled" soap. ❋ George William Septimus Piesse (1851)

It had a richly ornamented portico supported by tall pillars, beneath which was a lofty door, studded with silver knobs, and made of a kind of variegated wood that had been brought from beyond the sea. ❋ Nathaniel Hawthorne (1834)

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