nnoun.act(histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic studyTopic:histology
Derivationally Related Form:stain
Hypernyms:dyeing
Inherited Hypernyms:stainingdyeingcoloringchange of colorchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Gram's methodGram's procedureGram's stainGram methodGram stain
Full Hyponyms:gram's method
nnoun.actthe act of spotting or staining somethingSynset:maculation spotting
Derivationally Related Form:spotmaculate
Hypernyms:dirtying soiling soilure
Inherited Hypernyms:stainingsoilingchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.changecolor with a liquid dye or tintExamples:- Stain this table a beautiful walnut color
- people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages
Derivationally Related Form:stainer
Hypernyms:dye
Inherited Hypernyms:staindyediscolorchange
Direct Hyponyms:dipeboniseebonizemarbletattoovein
Full Troponyms:dipebonizemarbletattoovein
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeproduce or leave stainsExamples:- Red wine stains the table cloth
Derivationally Related Form:stain
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:stainchange
Direct Hyponyms:smut
Full Troponyms:smut
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.contactmake dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphoricallySynset:defile maculate stain sully tarnish
Examples:- The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
- Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
Derivationally Related Form:maculatarnishstainmaculation
Hypernyms:blob blot fleck spot
Inherited Hypernyms:tarnishspotchange surfacechange
Direct Hyponyms:darken
Full Troponyms:darken
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.changecolor for microscopic studyExamples:- The laboratory worker dyed the specimen
Derivationally Related Form:stainingstain
Hypernyms:dye
Inherited Hypernyms:staindyediscolorchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something