stain

IPA: stˈeɪn

noun

  • A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
  • A blemish on one's character or reputation.
  • A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
  • A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
  • (heraldry) One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine.

verb

  • (transitive) To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
  • To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
  • To coat a surface with a stain
  • (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.
  • (transitive, cytology, histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
  • To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
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Examples of "stain" in Sentences

  • The mud stained the car.
  • What stained your shirt
  • The book got mottled with stains.
  • The bricks are all stained with soot.
  • What are the ingredients of the stain
  • It does not stain the tissues, and tastes acrid.
  • I tried to furbish it but the stain is still there.
  • The coffee seeped into the luggage and stained their clothes.
  • Also of concern is the colour of the material that is stained.
  • The sap of the fruit husk is a strong dye and can stain hands and clothing.
  • The word stain often carries these ugly definitions: blemish, tarnish, and soil.
  • She already has drawn 5 tattoos upon her body as well as this neck permanent skin stain is 6th one.
  • Tattoos have become a conform trend as well as so much so renouned now-a-days which everybody wishes to pull a permanent skin stain upon a skin.
  • The depth of color of the stain is a function of the kiln temperature, the proportion of silver to ocher, and the number of times the process is repeated.
  • He pointed out what he called the stain of slavery inherent in the text, before praising "the ideal of equal citizenship under the law" that would later flourish.
  • Punctuation as emotion may be new, but reading pictures dates back to Neolithic times, and was used with powerful effect in stain glass for illiterate church goers.
  • Mr. Obama in January issued an executive order to close Guantanamo, which he called a stain on the U. S.'s global reputation, within a year, in line with a pledge he made on the campaign trail.
  • III. iv.26 (182,7) I'll raise the preparation of a war/Shall stain your brother] [T: strain] I do not see but _stain_ may be allowed to remain unaltered, meaning no more than _shame_ or _disgrace_.

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