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stain
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- pronunciation:
- steIn
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a spot or discoloration caused by a foreign substance; tarnish.
- synonyms:
- blotch, discoloration, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, speck, splotch, spot
- similar words:
- tarnish
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| definition 2: |
a usu. liquid substance used to color something by penetrating it, such as wood or tissue for microscopic examination.
- synonyms:
- finish, tincture
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| definition 3: |
the colored appearance of something to which such a substance has been applied.
- synonyms:
- dye, finish, pigmentation, tincture
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| definition 4: |
a tarnish or blot upon one's reputation, virtue, or moral purity; stigma.
- synonyms:
- black eye, blot, brand, smear, smirch, spot, stigma
- similar words:
- taint
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| related words: |
blot, color, discredit, disgrace, mark, pigment |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
stains, staining, stained |
| definition 1: |
to spot or discolor, as by a foreign substance; tarnish.
- synonyms:
- blot, blotch, discolor, smear, smirch, smudge, spot
- similar words:
- besmirch, blemish, soil, splotch, sully, tarnish
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| definition 2: |
to cause to take on a new color by applying a stain.
- synonyms:
- dye, imbue, tincture
- similar words:
- color, finish, imbrue, pigment, tinge, tint
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| definition 3: |
to mark or blemish (a person's reputation) with dishonor.
- synonyms:
- blacken, brand, defile, smear, smirch, soil, stigmatize, taint, tarnish
- similar words:
- besmirch, cloud, disgrace, foul, mark, sully
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| related words: |
dirty, dishonor, injure, smear, spot, vitiate |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause a stain.
- synonyms:
- blot, discolor, smudge, spot
- similar words:
- mark, tarnish
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| definition 2: |
to become, or be able to become, stained.
This wood stains nicely.- synonyms:
- blot, smear, smudge, soil, spot
- similar words:
- color, dye, mark, pigment, tarnish
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| related words: |
blot, dirty, discolor, smear |
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| derivations: |
stainable (adj.), stained (adj.), stainability (n.), stainer (n.) |
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