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Definition of Stain

1. Verb. Color with a liquid dye or tint. "People knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"

2. Noun. A soiled or discolored appearance. "The wine left a dark stain"

3. Verb. Produce or leave stains. "Red wine stains the table cloth"

4. Noun. (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible.

5. Verb. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

6. Noun. The state of being covered with unclean things.

7. Verb. Color for microscopic study. "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"

8. Noun. A symbol of disgrace or infamy. "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"

9. Noun. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. "He made a huge blot on his copybook"

Definition of Stain

1. v. t. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

2. v. i. To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.

3. n. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.

Definition of Stain

1. Noun. A discoloured spot or area. ¹

2. Noun. A blemish on one's character or reputation. ¹

3. Noun. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it. ¹

4. Noun. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible. ¹

5. Verb. To discolour something ¹

6. Verb. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation ¹

7. Verb. To coat a surface with a stain ¹

8. Verb. To treat a microscope specimen with a dye ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stain

1. to discolor or dirty [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Stain

1. 1. To discolour by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood. 2. To colour, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a colour or colours combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass. 3. To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish. "Of honor void, Of innocence, of faith, of purity, Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained." (Milton) 4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison. "She stains the ripest virgins of her age." (Beau. & Fl) "That did all other beasts in beauty stain." (Spenser) Stained glass, glass coloured or stained by certain metallic pigments fused into its substance, often used for making ornament windows. Synonym: To paint, dye, blot, soil, sully, discolour, disgrace, taint. Paint, Stain, Dye. These denote three different processes; the first mechanical, the other two, chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is so spread a coat of colouring matter over it; to stain or dye a thing is to impart colour to its substance. To stain is said chiefly of solids, as wood, glass, paper; to dye, of fibrous substances, textile fabrics, etc.; the one, commonly, a simple process, as applying a wash; the other more complex, as fixing colours by mordants. Origin: Abbrev. Fr. Distain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stain

stagnation stagnation mastitis stagnations stags stagworm stagy stahlian staid staider staidest

staidly staidness staidnesses staig staigs stain (current term) stainabilities stainability stainable stained

stainer stainers stainest staineth staining stainings stainless stainless-steel

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