Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.

    to stain the hand with dye

    armour stained with blood

  2. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation

    beflecken, beschmutzen, in den Schmutz ziehen

    запятнатьzapjatnatʹ

  3. To coat a surface with a stain

    to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.

    the stained glass used for church windows

    beizen

    кра́ситьkrásitʹ, моритьmoritʹ

  4. (intransitive)To become stained; to take a stain.

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

    anfärben

  6. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

    beflecken, beschmieren

    па́чкатьpáčkatʹ, пятнатьpjatnatʹ

More definitions
  • color for microscopic study
  • color with a liquid dye or tint
  • produce or leave stains
  • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

Examples

259 sentences
  1. His shirt was stained with sauce.

    На його сорочці були плями від соуса. — ascolto

    deAuf seinem Hemd war ein Soßenfleck. — MUIRIEL

  2. This stain won't come out easily.

    Цю пляму буде не так просто видалити. — oromashka

    deDieser Fleck wird sich nicht so leicht entfernen lassen. — brauchinet

  3. Your collar has a stain on it.

    В тебе пляма на комірі. — Sashka

    ruУ тебя на воротнике пятно. — Wezzel

    deDu hast einen Fleck am Kragen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. This ink stain will not wash out.

    Ця пляма від чорнила не сходить. — aandrusiak

    ruПятно от чернил не отмоется. — Hellerick

  5. Tom's house has one stained glass window.

    У будинку Тома є один вітраж. — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation:
to coat a surface with a stain:
to discolour something:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation:
to coat a surface with a stain:
to treat a microscope specimen with a dye:
to discolour something:

Origin

From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin

From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse steina (“to stain, colour, paint”), from steinn (“stone, mineral blue, colour, stain”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognate with Old English stān (“stone”). More at stone.

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Forms

stains, staining, stained, stained
Base formstain · to stain
3rd person singularstains
Present participlestaining
Past simplestained
Past participlestained

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystain
he, she, itstains

Past simpleLesson

all personsstained

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stained
he, she, ithas stained

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stain

Synonyms

105 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • this ink stain
  • ink stain
  • stains will come
  • a stain on
  • blood stains
  • has a stain
  • was stained with

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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