Results for stain

Definitions of stain:

part of speech: noun

A discoloration: a spot: taint of guilt: cause of reproach: shame.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To take or make a stain.

part of speech: noun

A blot; a foul spot; a spot of colour; taint of guilt; infamy; disgrace.

part of speech: verb transitive

To blot; spot; mark with color; to dye; soil with guilt or crime.

part of speech: verb transitive

To tinge or color: to give a different color to: to dye: to mark with guilt or infamy: to bring reproach on: to sully: to tarnish.

part of speech: verb

To discolour; to tinge of a different colour; to blot; to render foul; to tarnish; to bring reproach; to mark with guilt or infamy; to impress or mark with a variety of colours.

part of speech: noun

A discoloration; spot or blot; a dye; taint of guilt or crime; cause of reproach.

Usage examples for stain:

• It is a stain made with the blood of the slain and the tears of the women. "Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom", Trumbull White

• Nay, fear no trick; like you I remember my soul, and do not stain my hands with blood. "Fair Margaret", H. Rider Haggard

• I have begged him, begged him upon my knees, to allow me to end it then and there; to forget his dream of revenge, to die without this last stain upon his soul. "Bat Wing", Sax Rohmer