mote
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(mōt) 
n.
A very small particle; a speck: "Dust motes hung in a slant of sunlight" (Anne Tyler).
mote2 (mōt)
aux.v. Archaic
May; might.
n.
A very small particle; a speck: "Dust motes hung in a slant of sunlight" (Anne Tyler).
[Middle English mot, from Old English.]
mote2 (mōt)
aux.v. Archaic
May; might.
[Middle English moten, from Old English mōtan.]
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IN BRIEF: n. - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.
Tutor's tip: At the touch of "mote" (a speck of dust) the reflection of the "motte" (grouped of prairie trees) on the surface of the "moat" (deep ditch often filled with water) was lost.
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Mote may be:
- Mote (food), various types of cooked grains consumed in South America
- Mote con huesillo, a non alcoholic drink from Chile
- Mote, a song by Sonic Youth from their 1990 album Goo (album)
- Mote EP, a recording by The Faint
- The Mote and the Beam, a parable
- The Mote in God's Eye, a science fiction novel
- Motes, small, battery-operated sensor nodes operating as part of a wireless sensor network
- A fairy character in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
People
- Ashley Mote (b. 1936), a member of the European parliament
- C. Daniel Mote, Jr., president of the University of Maryland, College Park
- Edward Mote (1797–1874), an English pastor
- Frederick W. Mote (1922–2005), American sinologist and a professor of history
Places
- Mote Marine Laboratory — an aquarium, research institute, and marine hospital in Sarasota, Florida
- Mote Park, a park in the town of Maidstone in England
See also
- Mott (disambiguation)
- Moot (disambiguation)
- Moat, a water filled ditch surrounding a castle as an aid to existing fortification
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Mote
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - støvfnug
2.
aux. v. - ark. for may/might
Nederlands (Dutch)
stofje, spikkeltje
Français (French)
1.
n. - atome, grain
2.
aux. v. - pouvoir (auxil. verbal de probabilité/de permission)
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Staubkorn
2.
aux. v. - mag, möge, darf
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κόκκος ή μόριο σκόνης
Italiano (Italian)
briciola di polvere
Português (Portuguese)
n. - cisco (m)
Русский (Russian)
пылинка, пятнышко, звук рога, ездить на автомобиле
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - mota
2.
aux. v. - podría, poder
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dammkorn
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 尘埃, 微粒
2. 尘埃, 微粒
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 塵埃, 微粒
2.
aux. v. - 塵埃, 微粒
2.
aux. v. - may, might (아마도)
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) غبرة, ذرة غبار
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גרגיר אבק, גרגיר
aux. v. - יכול, הלוואי, אפשר, מותר
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