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Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A discoloured spot or area
  2. A blemish on one's character or reputation
  3. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
  4. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible


Derived terms


Translations

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Verb

  1. To discolour something
  2. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
  3. To coat a surface with a stain
  4. To treat a microscope specimen with a dye


Translations

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fa:stain fr:stain io:stain id:stain it:stain hu:stain pl:stain ru:stain fi:stain ta:stain te:stain vi:stain tr:stain zh:stain

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stain \Stain\ (st[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stained
(st[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Staining.] [Abbrev. fr.
distain.]
1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make
foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor
stained with blood.
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2. To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by
processes affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material
itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or
penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with
acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain
glass.
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3. To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to
blot; to soil; to tarnish.
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Of honor void,
Of innocence, of faith, of purity,
Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.
--Milton.
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4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
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She stains the ripest virgins of her age. --Beau. &
Fl.
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That did all other beasts in beauty stain.
--Spenser.
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Stained glass, glass colored or stained by certain metallic
pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for
making ornamental windows.
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Syn: To paint; dye; blot; soil; sully; discolor; disgrace;
taint.

Usage: Paint, Stain, Dye. These denote three different
processes; the first mechanical, the other two,
chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is to spread a coat
of coloring matter over it; to stain or dye a thing is
to impart color to its substance. To stain is said
chiefly of solids, as wood, glass, paper; to dye, of
fibrous substances, textile fabrics, etc.; the one,
commonly, a simple process, as applying a wash; the
other more complex, as fixing colors by mordants.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stain \Stain\, v. i.
To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stain \Stain\, n.
1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on
a garment or cloth. --Shak.
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2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
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Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains.
--Pope.
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3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
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Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains.
--Dryden.
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Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish
or stain of heresy. --Hooker.
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4. Cause of reproach; shame. --Sir P. Sidney.
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5. A tincture; a tinge. [R.]
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You have some stain of soldier in you. --Shak.
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Syn: Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color;
disgrace; infamy; shame.
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WordNet stain
n 1: a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark
stain" [syn: discoloration, discolouration]
2: (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used
in microscopy to make structures visible
3: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt,
filth, grime, soil, grease, grunge]
4: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark
upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand]
5: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch,
spot]
v 1: color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a
beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass
a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
2: produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
3: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long
exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after
the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, maculate,
sully, defile]
4: color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the
specimen"
Moby Dictionary
apply paint , aspersion , attaint , badge of infamy , bar sinister ,
bastardize , baton , bedaub , bedizen , begild , bend sinister , besmear ,
besmirch , besmoke , besmutch , besoil , bespatter , bestain , birthmark ,
black , black eye , black mark , blacken , blaze , blaze a trail ,
blemish , bloodstain , blot , blotch , blow upon , blur , brand ,
broad arrow , brush on paint , brutalize , calcimine , caste mark ,
censure , chalk , chalk up , champain , check , check off , checkmark ,
chromogen , cicatrix , cicatrize , coat , coat of paint , coating ,
color , color filter , color gelatin , colorant , coloring , complexion ,
contaminate , corrupt , cover , cut , dab , dapple , darken , dash , daub ,
dead-color , debauch , deep-dye , defame , defect , defile , define ,
delimit , demarcate , demoralize , deprave , dip , dirty , disapprove ,
discolor , discoloration , disgrace , disparage , disparagement ,
distemper , dot , double-dye , drier , dye , dyestuff , earmark ,
emblazon , enamel , engild , engrave , engraving , expose ,
expose to infamy , exterior paint , eyesore , face , fast-dye ,
flat coat , flat wash , flaw , fleck , flick , floor enamel , flyspeck ,
freckle , fresco , gash , gibbet , gild , glaze , gloss , grain , graving ,
ground , hack , hang in effigy , hatch , hue , illuminate , imbue ,
impress , imprint , imputation , ingrain , interior paint , japan , jot ,
lacquer , lay on color , lentigo , line , macula , maculation , macule ,
make a mark , mark , mark of Cain , mark off , mark out , marking ,
medium , mole , mottle , nevus , nick , notch , odium , onus ,
opaque color , paint , parget , patch , pencil , pepper , pervert ,
pigment , pillory , pillorying , point , point champain , polka dot ,
prick , prime , prime coat , primer , priming , print , punch , punctuate ,
puncture , reflection , reprimand , reproach , riddle , ruin , scar ,
scarification , scarify , scorch , score , scotch , scratch , scratching ,
seal , seam , sear , shade , shadow , shame , shellac , singe ,
slop on paint , slubber , slur , smear , smirch , smoke , smouch , smudge ,
smut , smutch , soil , soilage , soilure , spatter , speck , speckle ,
splash , splatter , splotch , spoil , spot , stamp , stigma , stigmatism ,
stigmatization , stigmatize , stipple , strawberry mark , streak ,
striate , stripe , sully , taint , tar , tarnish , tattoo , tattoo mark ,
tempera , thinner , tick , tick off , tinct , tinction , tincture , tinge ,
tint , tittle , tone , trace , transparent color , turpentine , turps ,
undercoat , undercoating , underline , underscore , varnish , vehicle ,
vilify , wash , wash coat , watermark , whitewash


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