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Verb: stain steyn- Colour with a liquid dye or tint
"Stain this table a beautiful walnut colour"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages" - Produce or leave stains
"Red wine stains the table cloth" - Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- tarnish, maculate, sully, defile - Colour for microscopic study
Noun: stain steyn- A soiled or discoloured appearance
"the wine left a dark stain" - discoloration, discolouration [Brit, Cdn] - (microscopy) a dye or other colouring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
- Anything regarded as making something unclean
- dirt, filth, grime, soil, grease, grunge - A symbol of disgrace or infamy
- mark, stigma, brand - An act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- blot, smear, smirch, spot
Sounds like: stane Derived forms: stained, stains, staining See also: stainer, staining Type of: alter, appearance, blob, blot, change, color [US], coloring material [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colouring material [Brit, Cdn], dirtiness, dye, error, fault, fleck, mistake, modify, spot, symbol, uncleanness, visual aspect Encyclopedia: Stain |