stain
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(verb) mark with dye, as of furniture; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color" |
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Related Words: dip, dye, ebonize |
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(verb) produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains table coths" |
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Related Words: alter, change, smut |
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(noun) a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain" |
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Synonyms: discoloration, discolouration |
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Related Words: appearance, bloodstain, iron mold, iron mould, mud stain, oil stain, scorch, tarnish, visual aspect |
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(noun) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible |
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Related Words: coloring material, crystal violet, gentian violet, methylene blue, methylthionine chloride |
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(verb) make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" |
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Synonyms: blob, blot, fleck, spot |
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Related Words: bespatter, bespeckle, change surface, defile, maculate, marble, spatter, speckle, splotch, sully, tarnish, tattoo, vein |
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(noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis |
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Synonyms: brand, mark, stigma |
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Related Words: bar sinister, bend sinister, cloven foot, cloven hoof, demerit, symbol |
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(noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" |
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Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, spot |
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Related Words: error, fault, mistake |
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(noun) the state of being covered with unclean things |
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Synonyms: dirt, filth, grease, grime, soil |
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Related Words: dirtiness, uncleanness |
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