Definitions for tint
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shade, tint, tincture, toneverb

   a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

   "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

2. tint, tinct, tinge, touchverb

   color lightly

   "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tintnoun

   A slight coloring

2. tintnoun

   A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

3. tintnoun

   A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints

4. tintnoun

   A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines

5. tintverb

   to shade, to color

6. Etymology: Alteration of earlier tinct, from tinctus, past participle of verb tingo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tintnoun

   A dye; a colour.

   Etymology: teinte, Fr. tinta, Ital.

   Whether thy hand strike out some free design,
   Where life awakes, and dawns at ev’ry line;
   Or blend in beauteous tint the colour’d mass,
   And from the canvas call the mimick face. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tint

   A tint is a variation of a color that is achieved by adding white to it, effectively making it lighter. This process reduces the darkness or intensity of the color. In broader terms, a tint can refer to a shade or hue that characterizes a particular item or element.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tintnoun

   a slight coloring

2. Tintnoun

   a pale or faint tinge of any color

3. Tintnoun

   a color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints

4. Tintnoun

   a shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines

5. Tintverb

   to give a slight coloring to; to tinge

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tint

   Tint is a short EP by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tint

   tint, n. a slight tinge distinct from the principal colour: a series of parallel lines in engraving, producing a uniform shading.—v.t. to give a slight colouring to.—ns. Tin′tage, the colouring or shading of anything; Tint′-block, a surface prepared for printing a background; Tint′-draw′ing, drawing in a wash of uniform tint; Tin′ter, one who, or that which, tints: a special kind of slide used with the magic-lantern to give moonlight effects, &c.; Tin′tiness, state of being tinty; Tin′ting, the method of producing a uniform shading.—adj. Tint′less, having no tint or colour.—ns. Tintom′eter, an appliance for determining tints; Tint′-tool, an implement for producing a tint by parallel lines.—adj. Tin′ty, inharmoniously tinted. [L. tinctus.]

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1. TINT

   What does TINT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TINT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TINT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tint is ranked #94730 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tint surname appeared 193 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tint.
   
   61.6% or 119 total occurrences were Asian.
   36.7% or 71 total occurrences were White.

How to pronounce tint?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tint in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tint in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of tint in a Sentence

1. Boxer Wachler:

   Even cars that came with factory tint, there was no guarantee that would protect against UV rays.

2. Herman Melville:

   Where does the violet tint end and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blending enter into the other. So with sanity and insanity.

3. Alexander MacLaren:

   Every life has dark tracts and long stretches of somber tint, and no representation is true to fact which dips its pencil only in light, and flings no shadows on the canvas.

4. Joshua Zeichner:

   For people with rosacea, red marks or fresh hyperpigmentation, primers with a green tint can help neutralize the discoloration, green and red are opposite colors on the color wheel so they balance each other and make it much easier to apply makeup over it.

5. Eric Adams:

   We have to turn off the faucet that is continually feeding the river of violence in our cities, there's a tint of racism to this. We don't manufacture guns in Chicago but why are we able to remove 12,000 guns off the street ? Where are they coming from ?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tint
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tint
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tint
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tint
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tint
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tint
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html