stain

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
2. isim A blemish on one's character or reputation.
3. isim A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

   “The wood will darken whether it is stained or not—the main function of a stain is to enhance the wood's natural color and emphasize its grain.”

4. isim A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
5. isim One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine.
6. fiil To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.

   “to stain the hand with dye”

7. fiil To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

   “of Honour void, Of Innocence, of Faith, of Puritie, Our wonted Ornaments now soild and staind”

8. fiil To coat a surface with a stain

   “to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.”

9. fiil To become stained; to take a stain.
10. fiil To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
11. fiil To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

    “She stains the ripest virgins of her age.”