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_.