Mote
noun
A tiny piece or speck of something.
A mote of dust floated in the air.
Often appears as...
- mote of dust
- mote in the eye
verb
May or might.
If I mote be so bold as to ask your name.
Often appears as...
- mote be
- mote have
Usage tips
Informal
Archaic
noun
A tiny piece or speck of something.
A mote of dust floated in the air.
Often appears as...
- mote of dust
- mote in the eye
verb
May or might.
If I mote be so bold as to ask your name.
Often appears as...
- mote be
- mote have
Usage tips
Informal
Archaic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Often used to create a vivid picture of something very small or easy to overlook.
He noticed a solitary mote of light dancing in the darkness.
Pro Tip 2/3Literally Tiny
Conveys the idea of something being almost insignificant due to its small size.
Amidst the towering skyscrapers, the people looked like motes.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Phrases
Used in expressions to suggest a small amount or minor issue, as in 'mote in the eye'.
You're ignoring the major problems and focusing on a mote in the eye.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Often used to create a vivid picture of something very small or easy to overlook.
He noticed a solitary mote of light dancing in the darkness.
Pro Tip 2/3Literally Tiny
Conveys the idea of something being almost insignificant due to its small size.
Amidst the towering skyscrapers, the people looked like motes.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Phrases
Used in expressions to suggest a small amount or minor issue, as in 'mote in the eye'.
You're ignoring the major problems and focusing on a mote in the eye.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Often used to create a vivid picture of something very small or easy to overlook.
He noticed a solitary mote of light dancing in the darkness.
Pro Tip 2/3Literally Tiny
Conveys the idea of something being almost insignificant due to its small size.
Amidst the towering skyscrapers, the people looked like motes.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Phrases
Used in expressions to suggest a small amount or minor issue, as in 'mote in the eye'.
You're ignoring the major problems and focusing on a mote in the eye.
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Video examples
The Surprising...
dealing with captive sharks they knew where to get them they knew how to take care of them how to feed them keep them in captivity if you want to study sharks around the time of project headgear you could head to scripps institute in san diego or mote marine lab in florida formerly
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Why we need the...
inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there, on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling
Video examples
The Surprising...
dealing with captive sharks they knew where to get them they knew how to take care of them how to feed them keep them in captivity if you want to study sharks around the time of project headgear you could head to scripps institute in san diego or mote marine lab in florida formerly
Video examples
Why we need the...
inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there, on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Sandra Faber
American Scientist
One lesson astronomy tells us is that we're a tiny mote in a hostile void, and help is too far away.
Quote examples
Sandra Faber
American Scientist
One lesson astronomy tells us is that we're a tiny mote in a hostile void, and help is too far away.
Example 1 of 1
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