stain🔊

A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.

A blemish on one's character or reputation.

A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.

(heraldry) One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine.

To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.

To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

To coat a surface with a stain

To become stained; to take a stain.

(histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features

To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.