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Definitions for: Stain
[n] an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
[n] a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain"
[n] a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
[n] the state of being covered with unclean things
[n] a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
[v] color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
[v] 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"
[v] produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
Webster (1913) Definition: Stain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Staining.] [Abbrev. fr. distain.]
1. 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. 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. To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to
blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Of honor void, Of innocence, of faith, of purity,
Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.
--Milton.
4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
She stains the ripest virgins of her age. --Beau. &
Fl.
That did all other beasts in beauty stain.
--Spenser.
Stained glass, glass colored or stained by certain metallic
pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for
making ornament windows.
Syn: To paint; dye; blot; soil; sully; discolor; disgrace;
taint.
Usage: Paint, Stain, Dye. These denote three different
processes; the first mechanical, the other two,
chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is so spread a coat
of coloring matter over it; to stain or dye a thing is
to impart color to its substance. To stain is said
chiefly of solids, as wood, glass, paper; to dye, of
fibrous substances, textile fabrics, etc.; the one,
commonly, a simple process, as applying a wash; the
other more complex, as fixing colors by mordants.
Stain, v. i.
To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
Stain, n.
1. A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on
a garment or cloth. --Shak.
2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains.
--Pope.
3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains.
--Dryden.
Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish
or stain of heresy. --Hooker.
4. Cause of reproach; shame. --Sir P. Sidney.
5. A tincture; a tinge. [R.]
You have some stain of soldier in you. --Shak.
Syn: Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color;
disgrace; infamy; shame.
Synonyms: blot, brand, dirt, discoloration, discolouration, filth, grease, grime, grunge, mark, smear, smirch, soil, spot, stigma
See Also: alter, appearance, bar sinister, bend sinister, bloodstain, change, cloven foot, cloven hoof, color, coloring material, colour, colouring material, crystal violet, demerit, dip, dirtiness, dye, ebonise, ebonize, error, fault, gentian violet, iron mold, iron mould, marble, methylene blue, methylthionine chloride, mistake, mud stain, oil stain, scorch, smut, symbol, tarnish, tattoo, uncleanness, vein, visual aspect
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