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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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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Dictionary Results for stain: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
stain
n 1: a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark
stain" [syn: stain, 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, stain, grease, grunge]
4: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon
Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain]
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, stain]
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, stain,
maculate, sully, defile]
4: color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the
specimen"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stain \Stain\, v. i.
To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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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Common Misspellings > |
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