stain

stain
n
1. discoloration, spot, speck, mark, macu-lation, dot; patch, blotch, splotch, daub; smudge, smutch, smut, smirch, smear, blur; soil, dirt; flaw, imperfection, defacement, disfigurement, fault, defect.
2. blemish, taint, attaint, blot, blot on the escutcheon, tarnish; brand, stigma, shame, disgrace, dishonor, Inf. black eye.
3. dye, color, coloring, pigment, tint, Obs. tincture, Chem. reagent.
v
4. spot, soil, dirty, sully, smudge, smutch, smirch, besmirch; blotch, splotch, mark, speckle, maculate, ink; daub, bedaub, spatter, bespatter, sprinkle, splash, plash, draggle, drabble, Archaic. daggle; smear, slime, muck, bemire; discolor, rust, oxidize.
5. blemish, tarnish, blacken, blot; mar, damage, injure, hurt, spoil; brand, stigmatize, Sl. dump on, drag through the mud or mire, heap dirt upon; impute, slur, asperse, vilify, scandalize; slander, calumniate, libel, denigrate, defame; disgrace, shame, dishonor, degrade, abase, debase, vitiate; corrupt, defile, contaminate, taint, pollute, foul.
6. dye, color, tint; imbue, imbrue.

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