Found 4 items, similar to stain.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: stain
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: stain
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stain
stain
n 1: a soiled or discolored appearance;
“the wine left a dark
stain” [syn:
discoloration,
discolouration]
2: (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used
in microscopy to make structures visible
3: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn:
dirt,
filth,
grime,
soil,
grease,
grunge]
4: a symbol of disgrace or infamy;
“And the Lord set a mark
upon Cain”--Genesis [syn:
mark,
stigma,
brand]
5: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it;
“he
made a huge blot on his copybook” [syn:
blot,
smear,
smirch,
spot]
v 1: color with a liquid dye or tint;
“Stain this table a
beautiful walnut color”;
“people knew how to stain glass
a beautiful blue in the middle ages”
2: produce or leave stains;
“Red wine stains the table cloth”
3: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
metaphorically;
“The silver was tarnished by the long
exposure to the air”;
“Her reputation was sullied after
the affair with a married man” [syn:
tarnish,
maculate,
sully,
defile]
4: color for microscopic study;
“The laboratory worker dyed the
specimen”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stain
Stain
\Stain\ (st[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Stained
(st[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Staining.] [Abbrev. fr.
distain.]
1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make
foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor
stained with blood.
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2. To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by
processes affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material
itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or
penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with
acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain
glass.
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3. To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to
blot; to soil; to tarnish.
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Of honor void,
Of innocence, of faith, of purity,
Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.
--Milton.
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4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
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She stains the ripest virgins of her age. --Beau. &
Fl.
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That did all other beasts in beauty stain.
--Spenser.
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Stained glass, glass colored or stained by certain metallic
pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for
making ornamental windows.
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Syn: To paint; dye; blot; soil; sully; discolor; disgrace;
taint.
Usage:
Paint,
Stain,
Dye. These denote three different
processes; the first mechanical, the other two,
chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is to spread a coat
of coloring matter over it; to stain or dye a thing is
to impart color 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 colors by mordants.
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Stain
\Stain\, v. i.
To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
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Stain
\Stain\, n.
1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on
a garment or cloth. --Shak.
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2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
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Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains.
--Pope.
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3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
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Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains.
--Dryden.
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Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish
or stain of heresy. --Hooker.
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4. Cause of reproach; shame. --Sir P. Sidney.
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5. A tincture; a tinge. [R.]
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You have some stain of soldier in you. --Shak.
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Syn: Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color;
disgrace; infamy; shame.
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