Stain

Noun

 * 1) A discoloured spot or area.
 * 2) A blemish on one's character or reputation.
 * 3) A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
 * 4) A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.

Derived terms

 * bloodstain

Verb

 * 1) To discolour something
 * 2) To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
 * 3) To coat a surface with a stain
 * 4) To treat a microscope specimen with a dye

Adjectives for Stain
primal; perspiration; tender; cloudy; hot; tyrant; haunting; powder; indelible; imputed; crimson; inborn; ineradicable.

Thesaurus
apply paint, aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, bastardize, baton, bedaub, bedizen, begild, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, birthmark, black, black eye, black mark, blacken, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blow upon, blur, brand, broad arrow, brush on paint, brutalize, calcimine, caste mark, censure, chalk, chalk up, champain, check, check off, checkmark, chromogen, cicatrix, cicatrize, coat, coat of paint, coating, color, color filter, color gelatin, colorant, coloring, complexion, contaminate, corrupt, cover, cut, dab, dapple, darken, dash, daub, dead-color, debauch, deep-dye, defame, defect, defile, define, delimit, demarcate, demoralize, deprave, dip, dirty, disapprove, discolor, discoloration, disgrace, disparage, disparagement, distemper, dot, double-dye, drier, dye, dyestuff, earmark, emblazon, enamel, engild, engrave, engraving, expose, expose to infamy, exterior paint, eyesore, face, fast-dye, flat coat, flat wash, flaw, fleck, flick, floor enamel, flyspeck, freckle, fresco, gash, gibbet, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, graving, ground, hack, hang in effigy, hatch, hue, illuminate, imbue, impress, imprint, imputation, ingrain, interior paint, japan, jot, lacquer, lay on color, lentigo, line, macula, maculation, macule, make a mark, mark, mark of Cain, mark off, mark out, marking, medium, mole, mottle, nevus, nick, notch, odium, onus, opaque color, paint, parget, patch, pencil, pepper, pervert, pigment, pillory, pillorying, point, point champain, polka dot, prick, prime, prime coat, primer, priming, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, reflection, reprimand, reproach, riddle, ruin, scar, scarification, scarify, scorch, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, seam, sear, shade, shadow, shame, shellac, singe, slop on paint, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soilage, soilure, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spoil, spot, stamp, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, stipple, strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, tempera, thinner, tick, tick off, tinct, tinction, tincture, tinge, tint, tittle, tone, trace, transparent color, turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, underline, underscore, varnish, vehicle, vilify, wash, wash coat, watermark, whitewash

Etymology
From steinen:, steynen:, of  origin, from  steina:, from steinn:, from, from. Cognate with stan:. More at.

In some senses, influenced by unrelated disteynen:, from  desteindre:, from  desteindre: from des-: + teindre:, from  tingo:.

Noun

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 * French:
 * German:
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 * Hungarian:
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 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Portuguese: nódoa
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, lekeler


 * Finnish:
 * French: souillure
 * German: Schandfleck
 * Greek:


 * Ido:
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 * Armenian:
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 * Russian: ,


 * : Fleck
 * : mancha
 * : మరక (maraka), మచ్చ (maccha)

Verb

 * Dutch:
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 * Dutch:


 * Italian: macchiare, intaccare
 * Russian:


 * Dutch: beitsen
 * Italian: mordenzare
 * Manx: daaghey


 * Russian: ,


 * : maculare
 * : manchar
 * : vlek

Anagrams

 * antis
 * saint, Saint
 * satin, sat in
 * tians
 * tisan