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stain
[ steyn ]
noun
- a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
Synonyms: blot, imperfection, mark
- a natural spot or patch of color different from that of the basic color, as on the body of an animal.
- a cause of reproach; stigma; blemish:
a stain on one's reputation.
Synonyms: mark, taint, blot, imperfection
- coloration produced by a dye that penetrates a substance, as wood.
- a dye made into a solution for coloring woods, textiles, etc.
- a reagent or dye used in treating a specimen for microscopic examination.
verb (used with object)
- to discolor with spots or streaks of foreign matter.
- to bring reproach or dishonor upon; blemish.
Synonyms: tarnish, taint, sully, pollute, contaminate, defile, debase, dishonor, disgrace
- to sully with guilt or infamy; corrupt.
- to color or dye (wood, cloth, etc.) by any of various processes that change or react with the substance chemically.
- to color with something that penetrates the substance.
- to treat (a microscopic specimen) with some reagent or dye in order to color the whole or parts and so give distinctness, contrast of tissues, etc.
verb (used without object)
- to produce a stain.
- to become stained; take a stain:
This fabric stains easily.
stain
/ steɪn /
verb
- to mark or discolour with patches of something that dirties
the dress was stained with coffee
- to dye with a penetrating dyestuff or pigment
- to bring disgrace or shame on
to stain someone's honour
- to colour (specimens) for microscopic study by treatment with a dye or similar reagent
- intr to produce indelible marks or discoloration
does ink stain?
noun
- a spot, mark, or discoloration
- a moral taint; blemish or slur
- a dye or similar reagent, used to colour specimens for microscopic study
- a solution or liquid used to penetrate the surface of a material, esp wood, and impart a rich colour without covering up the surface or grain
- any dye that is made into a solution and used to colour textiles and hides
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Derived Forms
- ˈstainer, noun
- ˌstainaˈbility, noun
- ˈstainable, adjective
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Other Words From
- staina·ble adjective
- staina·bili·ty staina·ble·ness noun
- staina·bly adverb
- stainer noun
- de·stainer noun
- non·staina·ble adjective
- non·stainer noun
- non·staining adjective
- re·stain verb
- under·stain noun
- under·stain verb (used with object)
- well-stained adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stain1
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Example Sentences
As mentioned, Yahoo has a black stain on its collaboration and severe breach of privacy.
We ask our celebrities to pour their hearts out, and then chastise them if they stain our buttoned-up shirts.
While that is unlikely to happen, the very fact that it can is a stain on the American judicial system.
About “developers in bed with reviewers,” and the stain this leaves on the “integrity of games journalism.”
I put my hands behind my head, lay back and looked at a water stain on the ceiling.
Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
Louis pressed his father's hand to his lips; that hand which was hardly washed from the stain of Wharton's blood!
There was still visible on it the stain where he had wiped his hand, and this stain seemed certainly blood.
He did not think of the matter again till just as he was getting into bed, when he noticed a red stain upon his handkerchief.
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