stain

Meaning of 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.
  5. Any of a number of non-standard tinctures used in modern heraldry.
verb
  1. To discolour.
    armour stained with blood
  2. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
  3. To coat a surface with a stain
    the stained glass used for church windows
  4. To become stained; to take a stain.
  5. To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
  6. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

Information about stain

  • The plural form of stain is: stains.
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Hyphenation of stain

stain

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • stain is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

stain synonyms

Meaning discoloration:

discoloration

Meaning dirt:

dirt, filth, grime, soil, grease, grunge

Meaning mark:

mark, stigma, brand

Meaning blot:

blot, smear, smirch, spot

Meaning tarnish:

tarnish, maculate, sully, defile

Anagrams of stain

antis, astin, natis, Saint, saint, sanit, satin, tains, Tanis

Words that rhyme with stain

tain, Patain, copatain, obtain, preobtain, reobtain, betain, detain, predetain, retain, chieftain, Britain, Maritain, britain, huitain, Mountain, catamountain, contain, fountain, intermountain, maintain, mountain, plantain, precontain, premaintain, quintain, remaintain, submountain, transmountain, undermountain, upmountain, Potain, chevrotain, infotain, Captain, Ptain, captain, cocaptain, subcaptain, undercaptain, McCurtain, appertain, ascertain, certain, curtain, discurtain, encurtain, entertain, incertain, incurtain

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