to stain
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3.2
- verb
- /steɪn/
- Your clothes are stained with blood.
- hands get stained
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Watch on YouTubeI hope it doesn't make it stain my skin, I guess.
- I hope it doesn't make it stain my skin, I guess.
- It's definitely a lip tint so the product stains the lips.
- Oh, stain, so you can't stain it from but it's the top.
Examples
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It spilled all over me, and I just know it's gonna stain.
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You're staining the tablecloth.
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Be warned, this will stain your fingers.
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Oh, that does stain your lips too, a little bit.
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So I took my dress and I stained it blue, took one for the team.
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Our bed sheets were stained.
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Too much sweat makes the leather rot, and they were getting badly stained," she explained.
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Be careful not to spill that juice, as it will stain your shirt.
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He accidentally stained the carpet with red wine.
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The artist decided to stain the wood to enhance its natural color.
Synonyms
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1.0
To put coloured liquid on a surface to protect or change how it looks
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2.2
To change the color of something using a coloring liquid or powder
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4.9
To make something like metal or a reputation lose its shine
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8.6
To make something dirty or harm its reputation
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4.5
To make something dirty with mud or dirt
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3.7
To make a mark or stain on a surface, often with liquid
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2.4
To mark something with a colored liquid used for writing
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4.1
To become faded or stained
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3.4
To make something a different shade by painting, dyeing, or editing
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8.0
To make something have uneven spots or patches of color
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5.7
To color fabric or yarn by hand to make different shades
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5.3
To mark something with irregular spots of a different color
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5.1
To add color to something by applying a colored substance or by natural change
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7.7
To give a material or object a deep color
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9.9
To give a metal surface a thin colored layer that looks aged
To coat something with a yellow-brown earth pigment
To make something dark brown, especially parts of plants or insects
To make something dirty or spoil its reputation
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.1
A lab test that uses dyes and a microscope to show if bacteria keep a purple colour
- Specialized
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4.8
A lab method that uses dye to show whether bacteria keep or lose the dye
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1
6.6
A flat pink or purple birthmark on the skin caused by too many small blood vessels
How Visible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stain comes from an old word meaning 'spot' or 'mark', so to stain something is to put color on it that leaves a visible mark.