Definitions for stain
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Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. stain, discoloration, discolourationnoun

   a soiled or discolored appearance

   "the wine left a dark stain"

2. stainnoun

   (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

3. dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grungenoun

   the state of being covered with unclean things

4. mark, stigma, brand, stainnoun

   a symbol of disgrace or infamy

   "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis

5. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stainverb

   an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

   "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

6. stainverb

   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"

7. stainverb

   produce or leave stains

   "Red wine stains the table cloth"

8. tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defileverb

   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"

9. stainverb

   color for microscopic study

   "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stainnoun

   A discoloured spot or area.

   Etymology: From steinen, steynen, of origin, from steina, from steinn, from stainaz, from stAy-. Cognate with stan. More at stone.

2. stainnoun

   A blemish on one's character or reputation.

   Etymology: From steinen, steynen, of origin, from steina, from steinn, from stainaz, from stAy-. Cognate with stan. More at stone.

3. stainnoun

   A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

   Etymology: From steinen, steynen, of origin, from steina, from steinn, from stainaz, from stAy-. Cognate with stan. More at stone.

4. stainnoun

   A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.

   Etymology: From steinen, steynen, of origin, from steina, from steinn, from stainaz, from stAy-. Cognate with stan. More at stone.

5. stainverb

   To discolour something

   Etymology: From steinen, steynen, of origin, from steina, from steinn, from stainaz, from stAy-. Cognate with stan. More at stone.

6. stainverb

   To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

   Etymology: From steinen, steynen, of origin, from steina, from steinn, from stainaz, from stAy-. Cognate with stan. More at stone.

7. stainverb

   To coat a surface with a stain

   Etymology: From steinen, steynen, of origin, from steina, from steinn, from stainaz, from stAy-. Cognate with stan. More at stone.

8. stainverb

   To treat a microscope specimen with a dye

   Etymology: From steinen, steynen, of origin, from steina, from steinn, from stainaz, from stAy-. Cognate with stan. More at stone.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stainverb

   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. Stainverb

   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. Stainverb

   to spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish

4. Stainverb

   to cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison

5. Stainverb

   to give or receive a stain; to grow dim

6. Stainnoun

   a discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth

7. Stainnoun

   a natural spot of a color different from the gound

8. Stainnoun

   taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach

9. Stainnoun

   cause of reproach; shame

10. Stainnoun

    a tincture; a tinge

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stain

   A stain is a discoloration that can be clearly distinguished from the surface, material, or medium it is found upon. They are caused by the chemical or physical interaction of two dissimilar materials. Staining is used for biochemical research, metal staining, and art.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stain

   stān, v.t. to tinge or colour: to give a different colour to: to impregnate, as a tissue, with some substance whose reaction colours some parts but not others, thus making form or structure plainly visible: to dye: to mark with guilt or infamy: to bring reproach on: to sully: to tarnish.—v.i. to take or impart a stain.—n. a discoloration: a spot: taint of guilt: cause of reproach: shame.—n. Stain′er, one who stains or blots: a dyer.—adj. Stain′less, without or free from stain.—adv. Stain′lessly.—n. Stain′lessness.—Stained glass, glass painted with certain pigments fused into its surface. [Short for distain—O. Fr. desteindre—L. dis-, away, tingĕre, to dye.]

Matched Categories

1. • Appearance
   • Change
   • Coloring Material
   • Dirtiness
   • Dye
   • Microscopy
   • Symbol

Anagrams for stain »

1. satin, sat in

2. antis

3. tisan

4. tians

5. saint, Saint

6. Saint

7. Sat in

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stain in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of stain in a Sentence

1. Ed Kamuda:

   Let nature take back what is hers, it’s only a matter of time before it’s a brown stain and a collection of pig iron on the ocean floor.

2. Jeffrey Lewis:

   Nothing had blown up. There was n’t a giant stain — like they had dumped the fuel — and the vehicles had kind of just moved around, the overall level of activity at the site was much lower. So to our mind, that looked like a launch.

3. Erika Guevara-Rosas:

   Mexico is living one of its worst human rights crises in decades, the catalog of failures in the search and investigation into the disappearance of the 43 students that the group of experts have denounced is an enormous stain on the reputation of the Mexican government, which can only begin to recover if those responsible are found.

4. President Nicolas Maduro:

   The plan is to consolidate territories of peace wherever the OLP operations take place, to free the people of this paramilitary stain and these criminal gangs that sully our people.

5. Christopher Sabatini:

   The risk is that doubling down on this strategy is only going to really stain this administration even more.

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