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stain English

Meaning stain meaning

What does stain mean?
Definitions in simple English

stain Noun

— A stain is an ugly mark on a surface. There is an ugly stain on my shirt.

stain

— verb color with a liquid dye or tint Stain this table a beautiful walnut color people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages — noun a soiled or discolored appearance the wine left a dark stain — verb produce or leave stains Red wine stains the table cloth — noun (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible — noun (= dirt) the state of being covered with unclean things — verb color for microscopic study The laboratory worker dyed the specimen — verb (= tarnish, sully) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man — noun (= mark) a symbol of disgrace or infamy And the Lord set a mark upon Cain — -Genesis — noun (= blot) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it he made a huge blot on his copybook

Synonyms stain synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as stain?

stain English » English

spot blot blemish dye soil mark smear dirty color smudge tint tarnish taint sully smirch colour tinge speck paint dirt stigma discoloration blotch flaw defile besmirch tincture speckle smut scar pigment filth defect blur staining slur rust pollute make dirty maculate grime get dirty foul discolouration discolor contaminate brand stick spoil spatter

Topics stain topics

What do people use stain to talk about?
Physical actions Physical impact

Mark
States Quality Light Color

Change color
Person Body functions

Bleed, blood

Conjugation stain conjugation

How do you conjugate stain?

stain · verb

Examples stain examples

How do I use stain in a sentence?

Simple sentences

There's a stain on the tablecloth.
There's a blue stain on your trousers. I think it's ink.
Your collar has a stain on it.
I couldn't scrub the stain out.
This stain won't come out.
The coffee stain was difficult to remove.
Rub the stain with vinegar.
The wine left a permanent stain on the carpet.
It's going to be difficult to remove this stain.
Will the coffee stain ruin the carpet?
It was difficult to remove the coffee stain.
You have a big stain on your sweater.
You have a big stain on your pullover.
What's that stain?
The story of the Holocaust is an infinitely dark stain on the history of the world.
Two shirts and suits, please. There's a stain here.
This ink stain will not wash out.
The ink stain will not wash out.
The stain disappeared after we washed the shirt.
On his shirt there was a sauce stain.

Movie subtitles

And with that stain over her head, not a hint of a job, either.
And you shall die in torment if you let innocent blood stain your soul.
The cloak, spread out like an ink stain disappeared under the work of the supernatural being who grew paler as he absorbed his prey.
If I'm dead, there'll be no stain on our love.
Stain, to make your white skin gypsy.
But I know that none of these women will stain their hands taking care of these miserable children and touch their own children later.
Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul and there I see such black and grained spots as will not lose their stain.
Then when she went to the theater I made a big stain on it to make you believe me.
And there was a small tar stain on the mat, and some of the fibers show that as well.
It will stain and I'll stink of alcohol.
A blood stain!
A deluge of blood shall stain these woods crimson.
The stain will not leave my hands.
This awful stain of blood.
The stain of the world soon makes him forget even his own birthright.
Teak wood leaves an unmistakable stain.
But if we stain our souls with the blood of Dupont then we must answer to God.
The stain on my handkerchief suggest a certain sinister possibility.
Well judging by the stain on my handkerchief and the milky precipitation in alcohol I should say it was a derivative of the tropizine family.
My shark had torn himself from the hook and the scent, or maybe the stain it was, and him bleeding his life away drove the rest of them mad.
I'm taking this ugly stain off my face.
Maryam, I want you to put that stain back on your face.
Everything is happening the way it said in the miracle. only I must take the stain off my face so the rest of the miracle can happen.
But what makes you think a miracle is telling you to take that stain off your face?
I've told the cleaner to help me wipe off the coffee stain. He takes so much pride in his work and I can't deal a blow to his enthusiasm. Looks like as you age, your memory will worsen, isn't that right?
The stain'll come out.
Stain.
The stain is decolourised with five per cent sulphuric acid and washed with potash, alum and methylin blue.
No stain holds longer than walnut juice.
The stain on your face should go higher into the hairline.
Did it stain?
It will stain and I'll reek of alcohol.
And I submit that that attack was a stain on the flag of France, a blot on the honor of every man, woman, and child in the French nation.
The attack yesterday morning was no stain on the honor of France. and certainly no disgrace to the fighting men of this nation.
But this court-martial is such a stain and such a disgrace.
Watch it, don't stain my shirt.
Each C, Muratova, is a stain not only on you but..

News and current affairs

The great stain on Meles's record will always be his intolerance of dissent.
What Americans have secured is merely a lasting stain on their reputation as decent and law-abiding people.
India was also the first country to use an indelible stain on the voter's fingernail to signify that he has already cast his ballot.

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