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tint
[tint]
noun
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
a delicate or pale color.
any of various commercial dyes for the hair.
Engraving., a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines.
Also called tint block. Printing., a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed.
verb (used with object)
to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.
tint
/ tɪnt /
noun
a shade of a colour, esp a pale one
a colour that is softened or desaturated by the addition of white
a tinge
a semipermanent dye for the hair
a trace or hint
a tint of jealousy in his voice
engraving uniform shading, produced esp by hatching
printing a panel of colour serving as a background to letters or other matter
verb
(tr) to colour or tinge
(tr) to change or influence slightly
his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge
(intr) to acquire a tint
Other Word Forms
- nontinted adjective
- overtint noun
- retint verb (used with object)
- untinted adjective
- well-tinted adjective
- tinter noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tint1
Example Sentences
Alexander had drawn a map of the nursery, tinted with watercolors and oriented according to the compass, with all the furniture drawn to scale, down to the last footstool.
The film represents her depression by coating the night scenes in so much blue tint that even Picasso might suggest dialing it back.
Minutes later, four men poured out of an unmarked SUV with tinted windows.
According to the York team, light traveling through space could acquire a slight red or blue tint depending on the kind of dark matter it encounters.
The video starts with a Jeep Cherokee with tinted windows tailing a dark gray truck before ramming the passenger door on the driver’s side.
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