Stain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stain	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Stain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stain n a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain" Synonym(s): stain, discoloration, discolouration (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible the state of being covered with unclean things Synonym(s): dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis Synonym(s): mark, stigma, brand, stain an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" Synonym(s): blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain v 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" produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" 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" Synonym(s): tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stain \Stain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Staining}.] [Abbrev. fr. distain.] 1. To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood. 2. To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass. 3. To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish. Of honor void, Of innocence, of faith, of purity, Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained. --Milton. 4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison. She stains the ripest virgins of her age. --Beau. & Fl. That did all other beasts in beauty stain. --Spenser. {Stained glass}, glass colored or stained by certain metallic pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for making ornament windows. Syn: To paint; dye; blot; soil; sully; discolor; disgrace; taint. Usage: {Paint}, {Stain}, {Dye}. These denote three different processes; the first mechanical, the other two, chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is so spread a coat of coloring matter over it; to stain or dye a thing is to impart color to its substance. To stain is said chiefly of solids, as wood, glass, paper; to dye, of fibrous substances, textile fabrics, etc.; the one, commonly, a simple process, as applying a wash; the other more complex, as fixing colors by mordants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stain \Stain\, v. i. To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stain \Stain\, n. 1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth. --Shak. 2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound. Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains. --Pope. 3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach. Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains. --Dryden. Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish or stain of heresy. --Hooker. 4. Cause of reproach; shame. --Sir P. Sidney. 5. A tincture; a tinge. [R.] You have some stain of soldier in you. --Shak. Syn: Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color; disgrace; infamy; shame.