What does taint mean?
Definitions for taint
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word taint.
Princeton's WordNet
contamination, taintverb
the state of being contaminated
defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloudverb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
"sully someone's reputation"
infect, taintverb
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
Wiktionary
taintcontraction
Contraction of it ain't.
Etymology: Reportedly from the phrase “'tain't your balls and 'tain't your ass”.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Taintnoun
Etymology: teinte, Fr. from the verb.
There is found in the Summer a spider called a taint, of a red colour, and so little that ten of the largest will hardly outweigh a grain. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii.
As killing as the canker to the rose,
Or taint worm to the weaning herds that graze. John Milton.A father that breeds his son at home, can keep him better from the taint of servants than abroad. John Locke, on Education.
But is no rank, no station, no degree,
From this contagious taint of sorrow free. Matthew Prior.Her offence
Must be of such unnatural degree,
That monsters it; or your forevouch’d affection
Fall’n into taint. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Now I
Unspeak mine own detraction; here abjure
The taints and blames I laid upon myself. William Shakespeare.My hellhounds shall lick up the draff and filth,
Which man’s polluting sin with taint hath shed
On what was pure. John Milton.To Taintverb
Etymology: teindre, French.
The spaniel struck
Stiff by the tainted gale, with open nose
Draws full upon the latent prey. James Thomson.We come not by the way of accusation
To taint that honour every good tongue blesses. William Shakespeare.Sirens taint
The minds of all men, whom they can acquaint
With their attractions. George Chapman, Odyssey, b. xii.They the truth
With superstitions and traditions taint. John Milton.Those pure immortal elements
Eject him tainted now, and purge him off
As a distemper. John Milton.Nothing taints sound lungs sooner than inspiring the breath of consumptive lungs. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.
Salts in fumes contract the vesicles, and perhaps the tainted air may affect the lungs by its heat. John Arbuthnot, on Air.
With wholesome herbage mixt, the direful bane
Of vegetable venom taints the plain. Alexander Pope.A sweet-bread you found it tainted or fly-blown. Jonathan Swift.
The yellow tinging plague
Internal vision taints. James Thomson, Spring.To Taintverb
To be infected; to be touched.
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane
I cannot taint with fear. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.
ChatGPT
taint
Taint refers to a trace of contamination, corruption, or undesirable quality or substance, often in a metaphorical way. This could relate to a literal substance that has been polluted, a reputation that has been tarnished, or a situation that has become compromised or adversely affected in some way. As a verb, taint means to contaminate or pollute something.
Webster Dictionary
Taintnoun
a thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect
Taintnoun
an injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner
Taintverb
to thrust ineffectually with a lance
Taintverb
to injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner
Taintverb
to hit or touch lightly, in tilting
Taintverb
to imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air
Taintverb
fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish
Taintverb
to be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting
Taintverb
to be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather
Taintnoun
tincture; hue; color; tinge
Taintnoun
infection; corruption; deprivation
Taintnoun
a blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace
Wikidata
Taint
Taint were a three-piece metal band from Swansea, Wales. The band formed in 1994 while still teenagers, releasing a string of demos, compilation features and split records over eleven years until their first full length album, The Ruin of Nová Roma, was released in 2005. Their sophomore release entitled Secrets and Lies followed in 2007, with an ep, All Bees to the Sea, following in 2009. In September 2010, The band announced via their website that they were disbanding after 16 years. They played their final show in December 2010 in their hometown Swansea. Jimbob still makes music, forming another three-piece band called H A R K, whose debut 7 was released in 2012.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Taint
tānt, v.t. to tinge, moisten, or impregnate with anything noxious: to infect: to stain.—v.i. to be affected with something corrupting.—n. a stain or tincture: infection or corruption: a spot: a moral blemish.—adj. Taint′less, without taint, pure.—adv. Taint′lessly, without taint.—n. Taint′ure (Shak.), taint, tinge, stain. [O. Fr. taint (Fr. teint), pa.p. of teindre, to dye—L. tingĕre, tinctum, to wet.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
taint
By admiralty law, the taint of contraband extends to all property on board belonging to the owners of detected contraband articles.
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Anagrams for taint »
tinta
titan
Titan
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of taint in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of taint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of taint in a Sentence
We are a nation of tremendous wealth. Hunger in this country is the result of policies that keep wages low and funnel wealth to the top. It is the result of a political system that says it is OK to spend money on tax breaks for millionaires and the same companies who taint our economy, but we can't afford to fund meals for our kids in the streets.
No one can say( the Russians) didn't interfere, and, in fact, I think taint the election.
I am deeply grateful for the solidarity of people all over the world. I am, however, disappointed in the actions of the leadership in many countries, particularly in the Hatice Cengiz, president Trump should help reveal the truth and ensure justice be served. President Trump should not pave the way for a cover-up of my fiancé's murder. Let President Trump not let money taint our conscience and compromise our values.
Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time.
Its nothing but fake news aimed to smear China, which only indicates how crazy some people have gone to taint Chinas image and damage China-U.S. relations, china pursues an independent foreign policy of peace. We have never started a war with others, not to mention paying non-state actors to attack other countries.
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- verderbenGerman
- contaminar, impureza, corrupción, corromperSpanish
- pilaantuma, pilata, turmella, saastuttaa, häpeätahra, välilihaFinnish
- infektarIdo
- perineo, guastare, contaminare, macchiare, infettareItalian
- skrukkNorwegian
- macular, contaminar, infectar, corromperPortuguese
- mânji, spurcaRomanian
- besudla, mellangård, förorenaSwedish
- заразаUkrainian
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