stain

IPA: stˈeɪn

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.

(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.

Examples of "stain" in Sentences

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_.