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Dictionary: blob   (blŏb) pronunciation

n.
  1. A soft, amorphous mass.
  2. A daub, as of color.
tr.v., blobbed, blob·bing, blobs.
To splash or daub with blobs; splotch.

[From Middle English blober, bubble, bubbling, probably of imitative origin.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an indistinct shapeless form


The verb blob has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make a spot or mark onto
  Synonyms: spot, fleck, blot


Wikipedia: Blob
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Blob may refer to:

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In biology

  • Blob (visual system), sections of the visual cortex where groups of color-sensitive neurons assemble
  • Globster, an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water
    • Chilean Blob, a 13-tonne mass of tissue discovered in 2003 on a beach in Chile, the partial remains of a dead sperm whale
    • The blob (Chukchi Sea algae), a large blob of algae first spotted in the Chukchi Sea

In computing

  • Binary blob, in open source culture, a non-free object file loaded into the kernel
  • Blob detection, in computer vision, visual modules that detect regions in the image
  • Binary large object (BLOB), in computer database systems
  • God object, or "The Blob", anti-pattern in object-oriented programming
  • Metaballs, in computer graphics, organic-looking three-dimensional objects

In media

Blob can also mean some one could be fat and round. It could be a nickname.

Other uses

  • Blobbing, an outdoor activity where a participant sits on an inflated air bag, or blob, and is launched into the air and falls into a body of water
  • Blob (unit) English unit of mass, the inch-equivalent of a slug
  • Blobitecture, in which buildings have an organic, amoeba-shaped, bulging form
  • Lyman-alpha blob, a concentration of a gas emitting the Lyman-alpha emission line

Translations: Blob
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dråbe, klat
v. tr. - klatte

Nederlands (Dutch)
klodder, bobbel, vlek

Français (French)
n. - grosse goutte, forme floue, tache (d'encre), pâté
v. tr. - éclabousser qch de gouttes de peinture

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tropfen, Klecks, Fleck
v. - klecksen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άμορφη μάζα, στάξιμο, στάλα, βωλαράκι, γρόμπος
v. - κηλιδώνω

Italiano (Italian)
bolla d'aria, macchia, fare bolle

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gota (f)
v. - respingar

Русский (Russian)
капля, шарик, покрывать пятнами

Español (Spanish)
n. - gota, borrón, mancha
v. tr. - gotear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - droppe, klick
v. - plumpa, droppa, klicka

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
一滴, 斑点, 水滴, 溅污

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一滴, 斑點, 水滴
v. tr. - 濺污

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 방울, 얼룩, 물 튀기는 소리
v. tr. - ~에 얼룩을 묻히다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 染み, 小塊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقطه, بقعه (فعل) يلطخ ببقع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גוש קטן, טיפה, כתם, שלפוחית‬
v. tr. - ‮יצר אבעבועות או בועות‬


 
 
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