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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
Definition that contains stain
- tattoo stain (skin) with indelible color
- dip stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- smear stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
- smut stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
- tincture stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color
- basophilic staining readily with basic dyes
- ebonise stain black to make it look like ebony
- ebonize stain black to make it look like ebony