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1 staining
1. n тех. потускнение2. n тех. коррозия3. n тех. протравливание, морениеСинонимический ряд:1. colouring (verb) colouring; dyeing; tinting2. debasing (verb) bastardizing; brutalizing; corrupting; debasing; debauching; demoralising; demoralizing; depraving; perverting; poisoning; rotting; vitiating; warping3. tainting (verb) befouling; besmearing; besmirching; bespattering; blackening; blotting; blurring; clouding; defiling; denigrating; dirtying; discoloring; discolouring; smearing; smudging; smutting; soiling; sullying; tainting; tarnishing; tarring -
2 colouring
1. a красящее вещество2. a краски3. a чувство цвета4. a колорит5. a цвет6. a окраска, раскраска, окрашивание7. a приукрашиваниеtell the whole story without colouring — расскажите всё как было, без прикрас
Синонимический ряд:1. turning red (adj.) blushing; embarrassment; reddening; shame; turning red2. colour (noun) colorant; colour; dye; dyestuff; pigment; stain; tincture3. complexion (noun) coloration; complexion4. face (noun) cloak; cover; disguise; facade; face; front; gloss; guise; mask; masquerade; pretence; pretext; semblance; show; veil; veneer; window-dressing5. colouring (verb) belying; biasing; colouring; distorting; dyeing; falsifying; loading; misrepresenting; misstating; perverting; prejudicing; prepossessing; twisting; warping; wrenching6. flushing (verb) blushing; crimsoning; flushing; mantling; reddening7. glossing (verb) gilding; glossing; palliating; varnishing; veneering; whitewashing8. staining (verb) dyeing; staining; tinting -
3 blotting
1. n промокание2. n стирание, уничтожение написанного3. n пятно, кляксаСинонимический ряд:staining (verb) discoloring; smutting; staining -
4 brea
f.tar.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: brear.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: brear.* * *1 tar, pitch* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=alquitrán) tar, pitch2) (=cubierta) tarpaulin, tarp (EEUU)* * *femenino pitch, tar* * *= pitch, tar.Ex. The heading PITCH (Bitumen) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento BREA (Betún) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.Ex. The colour for the black ink was a lampblack obtained by condensing the smoke of burning resin, which was then calcified by heating to remove residual tars which might also have been a cause of staining and discoloration, and finally ground to an extremely fine powder.* * *femenino pitch, tar* * *= pitch, tar.Ex: The heading PITCH (Bitumen) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento BREA (Betún) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.
Ex: The colour for the black ink was a lampblack obtained by condensing the smoke of burning resin, which was then calcified by heating to remove residual tars which might also have been a cause of staining and discoloration, and finally ground to an extremely fine powder.* * *pitch, tar* * *
Del verbo brear: ( conjugate brear)
brea es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
brea
brear
brea sustantivo femenino
pitch, tar
brea sustantivo femenino tar
brear verbo transitivo to mistreat, annoy: nos han breado a preguntas en la conferencia de prensa, they bombarded us with questions during the press conference
' brea' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hebreo
English:
pitch
* * *brea nf1. [sustancia] tar2. [para barco] pitch* * *f tar, pitch* * *brea nfalquitrán: tar, pitch -
5 calcificar
v.to calcify.* * *1 to calcify1 to calcify* * *VTSee:* * *1.verbo intransitivo to calcify2.calcificarse v pron to calcify* * *= calcify.Ex. The colour for the black ink was a lampblack obtained by condensing the smoke of burning resin, which was then calcified by heating to remove residual tars which might also have been a cause of staining and discoloration, and finally ground to an extremely fine powder.* * *1.verbo intransitivo to calcify2.calcificarse v pron to calcify* * *= calcify.Ex: The colour for the black ink was a lampblack obtained by condensing the smoke of burning resin, which was then calcified by heating to remove residual tars which might also have been a cause of staining and discoloration, and finally ground to an extremely fine powder.
* * *calcificar [A2 ]vito calcifyto calcify, become calcified* * *
calcificar verbo transitivo to calcify
* * *♦ vtto calcify* * *calcificar {72} v: to calcify -
6 arrugas
f.pl.wrinkling, creasing.pres.indicat.2nd person singular (tú/usted) present indicative of spanish verb: arrugar.* * *(n.) = cocklingEx. Using the vacuum process has meant that the paper suffered from minimal staining and cockling.* * *(n.) = cocklingEx: Using the vacuum process has meant that the paper suffered from minimal staining and cockling.
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7 mancha
f.1 stain, spot.tienes una mancha en la camisa you've got a stain on your shirt2 blotch (in skin).3 blemish.este suspenso supondrá una mancha en su expediente this fail will be a blot on his academic record4 tache.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: manchar.* * *1 stain, spot2 figurado blemish\sin mancha flawless, spotlessmancha solar sunspot* * *noun f.mark, stain, spot* * *SF* * *1)a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark; ( difícil de quitar) stainno le pude quitar or (AmL) sacar la mancha — I couldn't get the stain out
b) ( borrón) blotextenderse como una mancha de aceite — noticia to spread like wildfire
2)a) ( en la piel) markb) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patchlas manchas del leopardo — the leopard's spots o markings
3) ( en pulmón) shadow4) ( de vegetación) patch5) (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stainsin mancha — < alma> pure; < reputación> spotless
6) (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang7) (RPl) ( juego)* * *= deposit, spot, blemish, blob, stain, blotch, taint, blot, mottle.Ex. Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.Ex. If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.Ex. The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.Ex. Reciprocal RT references work both ways and are marked with a kind of blob in the shape of a distorted inverted comma.Ex. Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".Ex. Some editorial departments claim indexes are unnecessary and a typographical blot.Ex. The preservation and size of iron mottles in the paste suggests that clays were minimally processed before vessel manufacture.----* mancha de la piel = age spot.* mancha de petróleo = oil slick, oil spill.* mancha de sangre = blood stain.* mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.* mancha en + Posesivo + honor = blot on + Posesivo + escutcheon.* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.* mancha resistente = stubborn stain.* manchas = staining.* ser una mancha para = be a blot on.* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.* * *1)a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark; ( difícil de quitar) stainno le pude quitar or (AmL) sacar la mancha — I couldn't get the stain out
b) ( borrón) blotextenderse como una mancha de aceite — noticia to spread like wildfire
2)a) ( en la piel) markb) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patchlas manchas del leopardo — the leopard's spots o markings
3) ( en pulmón) shadow4) ( de vegetación) patch5) (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stainsin mancha — < alma> pure; < reputación> spotless
6) (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang7) (RPl) ( juego)* * *= deposit, spot, blemish, blob, stain, blotch, taint, blot, mottle.Ex: Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.
Ex: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.Ex: The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.Ex: Reciprocal RT references work both ways and are marked with a kind of blob in the shape of a distorted inverted comma.Ex: Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".Ex: Some editorial departments claim indexes are unnecessary and a typographical blot.Ex: The preservation and size of iron mottles in the paste suggests that clays were minimally processed before vessel manufacture.* mancha de la piel = age spot.* mancha de petróleo = oil slick, oil spill.* mancha de sangre = blood stain.* mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.* mancha en + Posesivo + honor = blot on + Posesivo + escutcheon.* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.* mancha resistente = stubborn stain.* manchas = staining.* ser una mancha para = be a blot on.* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.* * *A1 (de suciedad) spot, mark; (difícil de quitar) stainuna mancha de grasa/sangre a grease/blood stainla mancha no salió the stain didn't come outmanchas de humedad damp patchesno le pude quitar or ( AmL) sacar la mancha I couldn't get rid of the stain, I couldn't get the stain outeste mantel está lleno de manchas this tablecloth is covered in stainsla sábana tiene manchas de óxido the sheet has rust marks on it2 (borrón) blotextenderse como una mancha de aceite «noticia» to spread like wildfireestas barriadas pobres se están extendiendo como una mancha de aceite these shantytowns are spreading rapidly¿qué le hace una mancha más al tigre? ( Arg); what difference does/will it make?Compuestos:patch of iceoil slicksunspotB1 (en la piel) markuna mancha de nacimiento a birthmark2 (en el pelaje, las plumas) patchnegro con manchas blancas black with white patcheslas manchas del tigre the tiger's stripes o markingslas manchas del leopardo the leopard's spots o markingsCompuesto:yellow spotC (en el pulmón) shadowD (de vegetación) patchE ( liter) (imperfección, mácula) stainun alma sin mancha a pure souluna reputación sin mancha a spotless reputationuna mancha imborrable en el honor de la familia an indelible stain on the family honorG* * *
Del verbo manchar: ( conjugate manchar)
mancha es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
mancha
manchar
mancha sustantivo femenino
1
( difícil de quitar) stain;
manchas de humedad damp patches;
mancha de petróleo oil slick
2
( del leopardo) spot
3 (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain;
‹ reputación› spotless
4 (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang
manchar ( conjugate manchar) verbo transitivo
1 ( ensuciar) to mark, get … dirty;
( de algo difícil de quitar) to stain
2 ‹reputación/honra/memoria› to tarnish
verbo intransitivo
to stain
mancharse verbo pronominal
( de algo difícil de quitar) to get stained;
manchase DE or con algo to get stained with sth
mancha sustantivo femenino
1 (de grasa, pintura, etc) stain
2 (en la piel) spot: le ha salido una mancha roja en la mano, she has a red spot on her hand
manchar verbo transitivo to stain: su implicación mancha el nombre de la Universidad, his involvement is a disgrace to the University
' mancha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
canal
- guiso
- lamparón
- manchar
- penetrar
- pinta
- quitar
- quitarse
- rebelde
- sacar
- salpicadura
- aparecer
- aureola
- borrón
- cerco
- dejar
- desaparecer
- gotera
- ir
- manchego
- salir
- tenaz
English:
blemish
- blob
- blot
- blotch
- Channel Tunnel
- chunnel
- come off
- come out
- fleck
- get off
- get out
- mark
- patch
- removal
- remove
- rub off
- scrub away
- shift
- show
- show up
- slick
- smear
- smudge
- smut
- somewhere
- spot
- stain
- stubborn
- sunspot
- untarnished
- wash out
- wipe off
- birth
- blood
- channel
- cross
- dab
- marking
- sun
- wash
* * *mancha nf1. [de suciedad] stain, spot;[de tinta] blot;me he echado una mancha en la camisa I've stained my shirt, I've got a stain on my shirt;no consiguió que se fuera la mancha she couldn't get the stain out;una mancha de petróleo [en el mar] an oil slick;una mancha de aceite an oil stain;extenderse como una mancha de aceite to spread like wildfire2. [de color] spot, mark;un caballo con manchas negras a horse with black patches;RP¿qué le hace una mancha más al tigre? what difference does one more make?, one more won't make any difference3. [en la piel] [por reacción] blotch;[de la vejez] liver spot;le han salido unas manchas en la piel he's come out in blotchesmancha de nacimiento birthmark5. [deshonra] blemish, blot;este suspenso supondrá una mancha en su expediente this fail will be a blot on his academic record;tiene un historial sin mancha she has a spotless record* * *:Canal de la Mancha English Channel;la Mancha La Mancha* * *mancha nf1) : stain, spot, markmancha de sangre: bloodstain2) : blemish, blotuna mancha en su reputación: a blemish on his reputation3) : patch* * *mancha n1. (en general) stain3. (de animal) spot -
8 smearing
1. размазывание; размывание2. размазывать; размазываниеСинонимический ряд:1. maligning (verb) aspersing; calumniating; defaming; libeling or libelling; maligning; scandalizing; slandering; slurring; spattering; tearing down; traducing; vilifying2. plastering (verb) bedaubing; besmearing; dabbing; daubing; plastering; smudging3. tainting (verb) befouling; besmirching; bespattering; blackening; blurring; clouding; defiling; denigrating; dirtying; discoloring; smutting; soiling; staining; sullying; tainting; tarnishing; tarring4. whipping (verb) beating; blasting; currying; drubbing; dusting; lambasting; licking; mopping up; overrunning; overwhelming; routing; shellacking; smothering; thrashing; trimming; trouncing; upending; walloping; whipping -
9 warping
1. n коробление, скручивание2. n текст. снование3. n с. -х. удобрение илом, илование4. n мор. верпование; подтягиваниеСинонимический ряд:1. biasing (verb) biasing; prejudicing; prepossessing2. debasing (verb) bastardizing; brutalizing; corrupting; debasing; debauching; demoralising; demoralizing; depraving; poisoning; rotting; staining; vitiating3. deforming (verb) contorting; deforming; distorting; misshaping; torturing; winding4. misrepresenting (verb) belying; coloring; colouring; confusing; falsifying; garbling; loading; misrepresenting; misstating; perverting; twisting; wrenching; wresting -
10 debasing
a портящий, разлагающийСинонимический ряд:1. degrading (adj.) abject; degrading; disheartening; humiliating; spiritless; subservient2. adulterating (verb) adulterating; doctoring; doping; doping up; loading; sophisticating; weighting3. bastardizing (verb) bastardizing; brutalizing; corrupting; debauching; demoralising; demoralizing; depraving; perverting; poisoning; rotting; staining; vitiating; warping4. humbling (verb) abasing; casting down; cheapening; degrading; demeaning; downgrading; humbling; humiliating; lowering; sinking -
11 negative
1. n отрицательный ответ; несогласиеnegative balance — отрицательный итог; отрицательный остаток
2. n отказ, отклонениеit was decided in the negative — вопрос был решён отрицательно, предложение было отклонено, просьба была отвергнута
3. n принцип или положение, выраженные в отрицательной форме4. n отрицательная черта, сторона, недостаток, минус; отрицательный фактnegative logic — отрицательная логика; негативная логика
5. n арх. запрет, вето6. n грам. отрицание, отрицательная частицаnegative entropy — отрицательная энтропия; негэнтропия
negative declaration — заявление, содержащее отрицание
7. n грам. отрицательное предложение8. n грам. мат. отрицательная величина9. n грам. эл. отрицательный полюс, катод10. n грам. фото негатив11. n грам. нет; не так; неверноnegative flag — сигнальный флаг "нет"
12. a негативный, безрезультатныйnegative mask — негативный трафарет; негативная маска
13. a невыразительны, бесцветный14. a отрицательный, дурной15. a негативный, нигилистический; пессимистический, отрицающийnegative criticism — уничтожающая критика; критиканство
16. a фото негативный, обратный17. a мед. разг. резус-отрицательный18. v делать тщетным; сводить на нет; нейтрализоватьto negative an effect — нейтрализовать действие, свести на нет эффект
19. v отклонять путём голосования; забаллотировать20. v амер. налагать вето, запрет; не утверждать; отменять21. v отклонять, отвергатьto negative a request — отклонить просьбу; отвергнуть требование
22. v опровергатьСинонимический ряд:1. adverse (adj.) adverse; detrimental; disadvantageous; unfavorable; unfavourable; unsatisfactory; untoward2. contrary (adj.) contradictory; contrary; denying; disallowing; disapproving; dissenting; opposing; rejecting3. pessimistic (adj.) abrogating; annulling; dubious; fatalistic; invalidating; neutralizing; not affirmative; pessimistic; sceptical; skeptical4. developed film (noun) developed film; film; image; picture; plate; print; slide5. refusal (noun) contradiction; denial; disavowal; refusal; refutation6. deny (verb) contradict; contravene; cross; deny; disaffirm; gainsay; impugn; traverse7. neutralize (verb) annul; cancel out; counteract; countercheck; frustrate; negate; neutralize; redress8. veto (verb) blackball; kill; non-placet; turn down; vetoАнтонимический ряд:affirmative; positive -
12 poisoning
1. n отравление2. n состояние отравления, интоксикация3. n порча, развращениеСинонимический ряд:1. cankering (verb) cankering; infecting2. debasing (verb) bastardizing; brutalizing; corrupting; debasing; debauching; demoralizing; depraving; perverting; rotting; staining; vitiating; warping3. fouling (verb) befouling; contaminating; fouling; polluting -
13 rotting
гнить; гниющийСинонимический ряд:1. getting worse (noun) decadence; decay; decline; degeneration; deterioration; getting worse; retrogression; worsening2. debasing (verb) bastardizing; brutalizing; debasing; debauching; demoralizing; depraving; perverting; poisoning; staining; vitiating; warping3. decaying (verb) break down; breaking down; corrupting; crumbling; decaying; decomposing; moldering; mouldering; putrefying; spoiling; tainting; turning4. deteriorating (verb) declining; degenerating; descending; deteriorating; disintegrating; retrograding; sinking; worsening -
14 smudging
размазывать; размазываниеСинонимический ряд:1. plastering (verb) bedaubing; besmearing; dabbing; daubing; plastering; smearing2. soiling (verb) befouling; begriming; blackening; dirtying; fouling; griming; muddying; smirching; soiling; tarnishing3. tainting (verb) besmirching; blurring; clouding; defiling; discoloring; smutting; staining; sullying; tainting; tarring -
15 dye
------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] dye[English Plural] dyes[Swahili Word] rangi[Swahili Plural] rangi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Language] Hindi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] dye[Swahili Word] -paka rangi[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] ind[English Example] red (black) pigment/dye.[Swahili Example] rangi nyekundu (nyeusi)------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] dye[Swahili Word] -paka rangi[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] rangi------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] plant (kind from which a black dye is made)[Swahili Word] msirisha[Swahili Plural] misirisha[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] red dye[Swahili Word] kindoro[Swahili Plural] vindoro[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] yellow dye (used for staining strips from which mats are made)[Swahili Word] mnana[Swahili Plural] minana[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4------------------------------------------------------------ -
16 blackening
n фото почернениеСинонимический ряд:1. dirtying (verb) befouling; begriming; besmearing; besmirching; bespattering; denigrating; dirtying; smearing; smudging; soiling; staining; sullying; tainting; tarnishing2. maligning (verb) aspersing; calumniating; defaming; libeling or libelling; maligning; scandalizing; slandering; slurring; spattering; tearing down; traducing; vilifying -
17 clouding
1. n заволакивание облаками2. n потускнение поверхностиСинонимический ряд:1. obscuring (verb) adumbrating; beclouding; befogging; blearing; confusing; darkening; dimming; dulling; eclipsing; fogging; glooming; hazing; misting; muddying; obfuscating; obscuring; overcasting; overshadowing; shadowing2. tainting (verb) besmearing; besmirching; blurring; defiling; dirtying; discoloring; smearing; smudging; smutting; soiling; staining; sullying; tainting; tarnishing; tarring -
18 demoralizing
деморализовать; деморализующийСинонимический ряд:1. corrupting (adj.) contaminating; corrupting; demoralising; unhealthy; unwholesome2. irritating (adj.) annoying; arduous; bothersome; difficult; fretful; irksome; irritating; trying; vexing3. debasing (verb) bastardizing; brutalizing; corrupting; debasing; debauching; demoralising; depraving; perverting; poisoning; rotting; staining; vitiating; warping4. discouraging (verb) chilling; dejecting; discouraging; disheartening; disparaging; dispiriting -
19 dish
1. n блюдоto scrape a dish — очистить блюдо, съесть всё до капли
2. n уст. миска; чашка3. n хим. чашка для выпаривания4. n часто посудаdish rack — подставка для сушки посуды, сушилка
5. n еда, блюдо, кушаньеmade dish — ассорти, сборное блюдо
6. n полное блюдо7. n плоский неглубокий сосуд8. n впадина, вмятина9. n ложбина, лощина10. n радио параболическая антенна, «чаша»11. n авт. развал12. n тех. тарелкакювета, ванна
13. v класть на блюдо; подавать к столу14. v подавать, преподноситьdish out — подавать; давать
dish up — подавать на стол; приправлять
15. v сл. болтать; сплетничать, перемывать косточки16. v загребать ногами17. v разг. надувать, проводить; одурачивать18. v разг. путать карты; губитьthis will dish him — это его погубит, на этом он погорит
19. v разг. авт. смещать осьСинонимический ряд:1. basin (noun) basin; container; crock; pot; saucer; toilet bowl; tureen; urn; vessel2. bowl (noun) bowl; plate; platter3. fare (noun) fare; food; recipe4. helping (noun) helping; portion; serving5. dole (verb) dole; portion; serve6. ladle (verb) ladle; scoop; spoon -
20 soiling
пачкать; загрязнениеСинонимический ряд:1. dirty (adj.) befouling; besmirching; dirty; dirtying2. begriming (verb) befouling; begriming; blackening; dirtying; fouling; griming; muddying; smirching; smudging; tarnishing3. tainting (verb) besmearing; besmirching; blurring; clouding; contaminating; corrupting; defiling; discoloring; infecting; polluting; smearing; smutting; staining; sullying; tainting; tarring
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Mordant — A substance capable of deepening the reaction to a stain (as in the pathology laboratory); incisive; burning or pungent; and so, by extension, biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style. The word mordant has some bite to it since it comes… … Medical dictionary
color — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English colour, from Anglo French, from Latin color; akin to Latin celare to conceal more at hell Date: 13th century 1. a. a phenomenon of light (as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual… … New Collegiate Dictionary
stain — I. verb Etymology: Middle English steynen, partly from Anglo French desteindre to take away the color from & partly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse steina to paint more at distain Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to suffuse with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
stain — /steɪn / (say stayn) noun 1. a semipermanent discolouration produced by foreign matter; a spot. 2. a natural spot or patch of different colour, as on the body of an animal. 3. a cause of reproach; blemish: a stain on one s reputation. 4. a… …
achromatic — adjective Date: 1766 1. refracting light without dispersing it into its constituent colors ; giving images practically free from extraneous colors < an achromatic telescope > 2. not readily colored by the usual staining agents 3. possessing no… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tinge — I. transitive verb (tinged; tingeing or tinging) Etymology: Latin tingere to dip, moisten, tinge; akin to Greek tengein to moisten and probably to Old High German dunkōn to dip Date: 1577 1. a. to color with a slight shade or stain ; tint b … New Collegiate Dictionary
Lesion — Pronounced lee sion with the emphasis on the lee, a lesion can be almost any abnormality involving any tissue or organ due to any disease or any injury. There are, not surprisingly, many types of lesions. There are also a number of different ways … Medical dictionary
Dominant white — This dominant white Thoroughbred stallion (W2/+) has one form of dominant white. His skin, hooves, and coat lack pigment cells, giving him a pink skinned white coat. Dominant white is a group of genetically related coat color conditions in the… … Wikipedia
Moire (fabric) — Moire ribbons In textiles, a moire (pronounced /ˈmwɑr/ or /ˈmɔr/) (less often, moiré) is a fabric with a wavy (watered) appearance produced mainly from silk, but also wool, cotton and rayon. The watered ap … Wikipedia
