pockmarked

English

Verb

pockmarked

1. simple past and past participle of pockmark

Adjective

pockmarked (comparative more pockmarked, superlative most pockmarked)

1. having pockmarks
2. pitted, or scarred with holes
   • 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges.

   • 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival”, in Rail, page 26:

     For SAC66 is better known as Batty Moss (or Ribblehead) Viaduct - the magnificent, Grade 2-listed, 24-arch structure that strides over the pockmarked ground between Ribblehead station and Blea Moor signal box.

3. incomplete, lacking, having holes

   The student had, at best, a pockmarked understanding of the subject matter.

Hypernyms

• marked

Translations

having pockmarks

• Czech: poďobaný
• Dutch: gepokt (nl)
• Finnish: rokonarpinen (fi)
• French: variolé (fr)
• German: pockennarbig (de)
• Russian: рябо́й (ru) (rjabój), щерба́тый (ru) (ščerbátyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: rošav (sh) m, rohav (sh) m, kozičav (sh) m, boginjav (sh) m, ospičav (sh) m
• Spanish: cacarizo (es)
• Swedish: koppärrig (sv)

pitted

• Czech: posetý dolíčky
• Finnish: kuoppainen (fi)
• Russian: изры́тый (ru) (izrýtyj), я́мчатый (ru) (jámčatyj), поби́тый (ru) (pobítyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: izrovan (sh) m, izrovaren m, izrovašen (sh) m