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tints
tintsa color or variety of color; hue: Use pastel tints for the walls.
Not to be confused with:tense – stretched tight; high-strung: She is overly tense.; a category of verbal inflectiontents – portable canvas shelters: The homeless are living in tents by the river.tint T0227800 (tĭnt)n.1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.3. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.4. A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines.5. Printing A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration.6. A dye for the hair.tr. & intr.v. tint·ed, tint·ing, tints To give a tint to or take on a tint.
[Alteration of tinct.]
tint′er n.tints
tints n. sunglasses. I have to get some prescription tints. See also: tintEncyclopediaSeetint |