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nounan act that brings discredit to the person who does it
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"the wine left a dark stain"nouna soiled or discolored appearance
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nouna symbol of disgrace or infamytype of:
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verbmake dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
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nounthe state of being covered with unclean thingstype of:
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verbcolor for microscopic studytype of:
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"people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"verbcolor with a liquid dye or tinttype of:
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noun(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visibletype of:
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"Red wine stains the table cloth"verbproduce or leave stains
Examples of stain
- "the wine left a dark stain"
- "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
- "Red wine stains the table cloth"