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Definition: Stain |
StainNoun1. A soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain". 2. A dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible. 3. The state of being covered with unclean things. 4. A symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis. 5. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook". Verb1. Color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages". 2. Produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth". 3. Color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Stain \Stain\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Stained; Staining.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | A discolouration occurring on a piece of timber. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemical Industry | For wood, any substance that will impart a desired colour to it. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A transparent or semi-transparent solution or suspension of coloured matter in a vehicle designed to colour a surface without hiding it. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Dream Interpretation | To see stain on your hands, or clothing, while dreaming, foretells that trouble over small matters will assail you. To see a stain on the garments of others, or on their flesh, foretells that some person will betray you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | In wood, any alteration in its natural colour other than fading, e. g. artificially by adding dyes or naturally by e. g. weathering, chemical interaction, fungus attack. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A pronounced reddish discoloration due to red rot fungi in the heartwood of softwoods and a few hardwoods. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | A usu. disfiguring mark on a substance or body made by a deposit of foreign matter: discolored place: blot, speck, stain. . Source: European Union. (references) |
| Surface deposit, usually giving the glass a foggy appearance, produced by slight chemical attack of the glass by the atmosphere. Usually occurring during storage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Chemical attack of the surface by natural agents in any environment. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Stain A contraction of distam. (Latin, dis-tingere, to discolour.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | Spanish (manchas). (references) |
Post & Telecom | A fault sometimes present in camera or picture tubes which shows itself as a stain or blemish on the reproduced picture. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: StainSynonyms: blot (n), brand (n), dirt (n), discoloration (n), discolouration (n), filth (n), grease (n), grime (n), grunge (n), mark (n), smear (n), smirch (n), soil (n), spot (n), stigma (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: discoloured (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology), set-off (publishing & graphic arts), specking (industry). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Blemish | Stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur. |
Cleanness | Adjective: clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless; trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut. |
Deterioration | Deteriorate; weaken; put back, set back; taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison, envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate, pollute, vitiate, inquinate; debase, embase; denaturalize, denature, leaven; deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade; ulcerate; stain; (dirt); discolor; alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice. |
Disrepute | Tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur. |
Tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar; expel; (punish). | |
Uncleanness | Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil. |
Writing | Verb: write, pen; copy, engross; write out, write out fair; transcribe; scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch; interline; stain paper; write down; (record); sign; (attest); enface. |
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Screenplays | The urine stain on your pants signifies that you are a single-shake man, far too busy for the follow-up jiggle (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls; writing credit: Steve Oedekerk) When I'm done with him, he'll be just a twitching little stain on the floor (Addicted to Love; writing credit: Robert Gordon) Eliminate even the toughest stain! (The Transformers: The Movie; writing credit: Ron Friedman) | |
Lyrics | First time in years, to drench you skin with lovers' rosy stain (A View to a Kill; performing artist: Duran Duran) Leaves with a blood stain (Break Stuff; performing artist: Limp Bizkit) You left a stain (Disease; performing artist: Matchbox 20) | |
Clever | There are two types of people in this world: those who leave a mark, and others who just leave a stain. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Second Stain (1922) | |
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 | Long-term cultured AIDS-KS (Kaposi's Sarcoma) cells were injected into a nude mouse. Within 5 days a subcutaneous lesion formed in the induced region with a marked angiogenic response. A cross-section of these new blood vessel formations appear as open spaces, where one can see dividing epithelial cells and some red blood cells. The cells were stained with a Wright-Gimsa stain and are seen at a magnification of 100x. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Histological section showing cervical cancer specifically squamous cell carcinoma in the cervix. Tissue is stained with pap stain and magnified x200. Credit: Unknown photographer. |
 | Streptococcus pneumoniae in spinal fluid after treatment with penicillin. FA stain (digitally colorized). Pneumococcus, Streptococci. Credit: CDC. |  | Escherichia coli in spinal fluid. FA stain (digitally colorized). Credit: CDC. |
 | The chorionic villi are enlarged, and contain dense laminated connective tissue, and the capillaries distributed throughout the villi are compressed by this connective tissue proliferation; H&E stain; magnification 450X. Credit: CDC. |  | There is marked irregularity in the provisional zone of ossification producing a "saw-toothed" appearance. Note small islands of cartilage remaining in the ossified bone; H&E stain; magnification 100X. Credit: CDC. |
 | An alveolar duct is seen in the center. The alveoli are poorly developed and have markedly thickened walls. Macrophages are present in the alveolar spaces; H&E stain; magnification 100X. Credit: CDC. |  | Hemosiderin, revealed here using PAS stain and H&E counterstain, is a normal by-product produced during the breakdown of red blood cells, and the decomposition of the hemoglobin molecule contained in these blood components. Credit: CDC. |
 | Cresyl violet stain, used here to stain this section of cervical spinal cord, bonds well with acidic components that comprise the neuronal cytoarchitecture such as ribosomes, nuclei and nucleoli. Credit: CDC. |  | Chemist Harold Griffin extracts an enzyme from a bacterium found in shipworms that is a powerful new stain remover for laundry detergents. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
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John Gay | But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out. |
Sir P. Sidney | What is birth to a man if it be a stain to his dead ancestors to have left such an offspring? |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Mademoiselle Vaubois, perfect in her kind, was the ermine of stupidity without a single stain of intelligence |
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Health | Wayson stain of Yersinia pestis. (references) | |
Older children might stain their underwear for a while after the surgery. (references) | ||
The Gram stain allows the doctor to see the gonorrhea bacteria under a microscope. (references) | ||
Economic History | France | They are introducing a new generation of fibers and textiles corresponding to the needs of new consumers (i.e.: easy-to-clean, anti-bacterial, anti-uv, anti stain, anti odor, insect-protection, waterproof, temperature-control, and light-weight). (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WORMS'-:MEAT:, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The contents of the Taj Mahal, the Tombeau Napoleon and the Granitarium. Worms'-meat is usually outlasted by the structure that houses it, but "this too must pass away." Probably the silliest work in which a human being can engage is construction of a tomb for himself. The solemn purpose cannot dignify, but only accentuates by contrast the foreknown futility. Ambitious fool! so mad to be a show! How profitless the labor you bestow Upon a dwelling whose magnificence The tenant neither can admire nor know. Build deep, build high, build massive as you can, The wanton grass-roots will defeat the plan By shouldering asunder all the stones In what to you would be a moment's span. Time to the dead so all unreckoned flies That when your marble is all dust, arise, If wakened, stretch your limbs and yawn -- You'll think you scarcely can have closed your eyes. What though of all man's works your tomb alone Should stand till Time himself be overthrown? Would it advantage you to dwell therein Forever as a stain upon a stone? Joel Huck |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In that event every day's delay on our part will be a stain upon our national honor, as well as a denial of justice to our injured citizens. |
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| "Stain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.37% of the time. "Stain" is used about 433 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80.37% | 348 | 15,329 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 12.7% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.24% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.46% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 433 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "stain" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Stain | Last name | 200 | 36,765 |
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Expressions using "stain": brown stain ♦ damp stain ♦ Gram's stain ♦ grease stain ♦ mud stain ♦ oil stain ♦ Port-Wine Stain ♦ remove a grease stain ♦ stain glass ♦ stain paper ♦ stain removal ♦ stain remover ♦ stain to ♦ stain with blood ♦ sulphur stain ♦ wood stain ♦ wound stain. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "stain": stain-absorbing, stain-fighting, stain-finished, stain-proof, stain-removal, stain-remover, stain-resistant, stain-retardant. | |
Ending with "stain": blood-stain, brown-stain, counter-stain, ink-stain, oil-stain. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
stain removal | 1,051 | carpet stain removal | 97 |
concrete stain | 782 | ink stain removal | 94 |
stain | 778 | free glass pattern stain | 89 |
stain glass | 585 | behr stain | 84 |
deck stain | 520 | blood stain | 76 |
wood stain | 467 | port wine stain | 75 |
carpet stain | 261 | how remove ink stain | 70 |
cabot stain | 240 | furniture stain | 70 |
stain remover | 235 | exterior stain | 67 |
olympic stain | 202 | stain glass supply | 67 |
stain glass pattern | 148 | removing an ink stain | 64 |
stain glass window | 140 | gram stain | 64 |
ink stain | 139 | paint stain | 63 |
stain removers | 132 | red wine stain | 62 |
acid stain concrete | 127 | exterior wood stain | 60 |
pet stain | 127 | coffee stain | 59 |
care glass leaded stain | 105 | lip stain | 58 |
acid stain | 104 | hard water stain | 57 |
removing stain | 103 | stain removal tip | 54 |
laundry stain | 103 | remove stain | 54 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "stain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beklad (slander, soil, spot). (various references) | |
Albanian | turp (attaint, bashfulness, black eye, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, fie upon you, for shame, infamy, mortification, obloquy, opprobrium, pudency, reproach, shame, stigma, taint, turpitude), njollos (bespatter, blacken, blemish, blot, blur, cloud, defile, dye, imbrue, smear, smirch, smudge, splash, splotch, spot, sully), njolloj (blemish, blot, blur, smear, spot, sully, thumb), njollë (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, imputation, Mark, mote, nebula, patch, plash, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stigma, taint). (various references) | |
Arabic | عاب (carp, fault, find fault, nibble, pick holes in, reproach), بقعة (blot, blotch, macula, patch, smear, smudge, spatter, speck, splash, splotch, spot, streak, terrain), دهان الخشب, دهن الخشب, شرب (bib, drain, drink, imbibe, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, inoculate, quaff, steep), شان (dishonor, dishonour, reflect), أخصب الشعر, بقع (speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch), صبغة (coloring, colouring, nature, tincture), لون (color, colour, dapple, paint, shade, suffuse, tinge, tint, variegate), عيب (blemish, blot, blotch, deformity, demerit, disgrace, failing, fault, flaw, imperfection, infirmity, shortcoming, vice, want), تلوث (become defiled, contamination, dirtiness, dirty, foul, impurity, infection, pollution, soil, taint, tarnish), حضن (baby sit, bosom, clasp, cuddle, enfold, kiss, lap, nestle, nurture), وصمة (blot, brand, smirk, smudge, spot, stamp), وسخ (bedraggle, befoul, begrime, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, grime, grimy, grubbiness, litter, mess up, offset, ordure, scum, slattern, smut, soil, soot, sordid, tarnish), لطخ (bedaub, besmear, blot, blotch, blur, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, splash, splotch, spot, streak, sully, taint, tarnish), لوث (bedaub, befoul, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, degrade, dirty, discredit, file, foul, pollute, smear, smirch, soil, spot, sully, taint, tarnish), صباغ (color, colour, dyer, dyestuff). (various references) | |
Basque | zikindu (spoil to, spot to, stain to). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ставам на петна (spot), хващам боя, цветна политура, цапам (daub, grime, mess, muck, paddle, puddle, soil, sully), оцветявам (color, colour, illuminate, imbrue, mottle, paint, pigment, tincture, tint), оцапвам (dirty, muddy, slubber, smear, soil, splotch), опетнявам (attaint, besmirch, darken, imbrue, maculate, mire, pollute, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, sully, tarnish), лекясвам, леке (blotch, bugger, smear, snot, soil, spot), боя (coat, dip, dye, grain, paint, primer, tint), багрилно вещество (dye, dyestuff, tincture), петня (blaspheme, blemish, cast reflection on, denigrate, disfigure, libel, pollute, slur, smear, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stigmatize, sully, tarnish), петно (attaint, blob, blot, blotch, dab, daub, defilement, flaw, fleck, mottle, note, offset, reflection, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, stigma, sully, taint, tarnish). (various references) | |
Chinese | 污點 (taint), 污点 (Blot, Blotch, smudge, splotch), 斑點 (speckle, spot). (various references) | |
Czech | skvrna (blob, blot, blotch, blur, carbuncle, fleck, macula, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spatter, speck, splash, spot, taint, tarnish), potřísnit (defile, soil, sully), potřísnìní, poskvrnit (befoul, dapple, dishonor, dishonour, pollute, spot, sully, taint, tarnish), pošpinit (besmirch, blemish, defile, soil, spatter, taint, tarnish, thumb), kaòka (blob, blot, blotch, smear, smudge), hanba (boo, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, ignominy, reproach, shame), flek (splodge, splotch). (various references) | |
Danish | smitte af (set off, smear, spot), weathering (fade, weathering), taaget glas (bloom, dimming), roedmarv (discoloured heartwood, red heart), plet (blot, spot), overfladebelaegning (coatings, fade, weathering), misfarvning (discoloration, discolouration, fading, log stain), makulere (mackle, pulp, set off, shake, slur, smear, soil, spoil, spot), forvitring (decomposition, degradation, degrade, denudation, disaggregation, disintegration, facturing, fade, natural disintegration, weathering), farvestof (dye stuff, dyestuff, pigment), bloom (bloom, dimming, sulphur stain), bejdse (pickle, remover, staining, stripping compound, to dress), anloebning (fade, fogging, staining, striking, tarnishing, warming-in, weathering). (various references) | |
Dutch | smetten (soil, spot), vlekken (soil, spot), bezoedelen (soil, spot), bekladden (soil, spot), beits (mordant, wood-dye, wood-stain). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mordaĵo (mordant, wood-dye, wood-stain), makuli (soil, spot). (various references) | |
Farsi | ننگ (Dishonor(Ur), Infamy, Opprobrium, Reproach, Scandal, Shame), چرک کردن (Grime, Putrefy, Suppurate), لکه دارکردن (Blame, Blemish, Brand, Denigrate, Foul, Smear, Soil, Speck, Stigmatize, Sully, Taint, Tarnish), لکه (Blob, Blot, Blotch, Blur, Dirt, Dot, Freckle, Gall, Glob, Pip, Smear, Smooch, Smudge, Smut, Splotch, Spot, Taint), لک (Blot, Smudge, Speck), زنگ زدن (Oxidize, Ring, Ringer, Rust, Smut), زنگ زدگی (Corrosion), الودگی (Alloy, Impurity, Pollution, Squalor, Sully), الایش , رنگ پس دادن , رنگ شدن (Paint), داغ (Brand, Hot, Mark, Stigma, Sultry, Therm). (various references) | |
Finnish | tahra (blemish, blot, daub, flaw, smear, spot, taint). (various references) | |
French | souiller, salir, tacher (streak), tache, colorant. (various references) | |
German | fleck (bit, blaze, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, fleck, location, lump, Mark, patch, piece, place, smudge, speck, splash, splodge, splotch, spot, star), beflecken (besmirch, cast a slur on, defile, desecrate, maculate, soil, speckle, spot, sully, taint, tarnish, to blemish, to soil, to speckle, to spot, to stain, to sully), flecken (blot, patch, soil, spot, spots, spottiness, stains), beize (corrosive fluid, disinfectant, Hawking, lye, marinade, mordant, pickle). (various references) | |
Greek | λεκιάζω (soil), κηλιδώνω (besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, defile, moil, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, speck, speckle, spot, sully), κηλίδα (blemish, blot, blur, macula, moil, mottle, patch, slick, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, taint), λερώνω (bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, defile, dirty, foul, grime, moil, slur, smear, smirch, soil, splotch, sully). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ללכלך (befoul, daub, dirty, foul, grime, muck, smirch, smudge, soil, sully), לכלוך (dinginess, dirt, dirtiness, filth, nastiness, soiling, sordidness, squalor), ל"כתים (smirch, stigmatize, taint, tarnish), ל"'איל (defile), לצרוב (burn, cause heartburn, cauterize, scald, scorch, sear), כתם (mole, patch, slur, smear, smudge, splotch, spot, stigma, tarnish), רב", רבב (slur, smudge, speckle, taint). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pecsét (blemish, cachet, gout, postmark, seal, signature, signet, spot, stamp). (various references) | |
Indonesian | noda (blot, ignominy, macula, spot, taint, tarnish), mencoteng (smear), melumuri (smear something with, soil), conteng (blemish), bintik (speckle, spot), bintak. (various references) | |
Italian | macchia (blemish, blob, blot, blotch, brushwood, dab, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, Dot, macula, Mark, patch, rough, scrub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, speck, splash, splotch, spot, stroke, taint, thicket), sporcare (dirty, get dirty, make, soil, sully), macchiare (blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, Flavor, flavour, Mark, mottle, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, speckle, spot, sully, tarnish), colorante (coloring, colouring, dye, tincturing, tinting). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "色 (staining), "色 (dyeing, staining), "み (spot), 汚点 (blot, disgrace, flaw), 汚損 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おそ", おて" (blot, disgrace, flaw), しみ (bookworm, clothes moth, silverfish, spot), せ"しょく (dyeing, dyeing and weaving, staining). (various references) | |
Korean | 얼룩 (smear, smudge, speck, speckle). (various references) | |
Manx | sollaghey (assault, assault sexually, begrime, besmear, besmirch, contaminate, contamination, defile, defilement, dirty, grime, muck, muddy, pollute, pollution, soil, soiling, sully), smeyrey (picking berries), smearey (blemish, blur, smear, smudge, splotch), faagail cron er (scar, spot, stigmatize), daah (colour, colouration, dye, hue, paint, pigment, scorch, singe, suit, tincture), daaghey (colour, colouration, dye, dyeing, embroidery), cron (blemish, draw, frame, job lot, portion, scar, speck, spot, stigma). (various references) | |
Occitan | tacar (spoil, spot). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ainstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mancha (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brindle, cloud, dapple, defilement, flaw, fleck, guide-mark, marking, reproach, scar, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, taint, tarnish), manchar (befoul, besmirch, blemish, blight, blotch, blur, dirty, discolor, discolour, fleck, foul, fox, maculate, pollute, smirch, smoke, smudge, soil, speckle, spot, sully, taint), macular (blot, defile, maculate, profane, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, sully). (various references) | |
Romanian | se pãta (dirty, spot), purcoi, baiţ (mordant, Stainer), colora (blush, color, colour, dye, exaggerate, flush, paint, tincture, tinge, tint), colorant (colorific, dye, dyestuff, pigment), mânji (bedaub, beddable, besmear, besmirch, blur, daub, defile, foul, grime, mess, smirch, soil, sully), murdãri (bedraggle, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, defile, foul, litter, mess, muck, muddy, pollute, puddle, slop, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, splash, splatter, spot, sully, tarnish), pângãri (besmear, defile, desecrate, dishonor, dishonour, foul, violate), bãiţui (pickle), patã (blemish, blot, blur, breath, dab, flaw, fleck, Mark, patch, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, spatter, spill, splash, splotch, spot, stigma, taint, tarnish, ulcer), vopsi (coat, color, colour, daub, dye, paint, paint out, stencil, tincture, tinge, tint, whitewash), ruşine (abashment, abomination, bashfulness, blot, confusion, contempt, disgrace, infamy, reproach, scandal, shame, shyness), tipãri în culori, uda (bedew, damp, dip, douse, drench, irrigate, moisten, soak, souse, sparge, splash, spray, sprinkle, squirt, steep, wash, water, wet), umple (choke, clog, comprise, contain, cram, crowd, farce, fill, fill up, flood, heap, impregnate, inflate, inform, intersperse, Lade, pack, replenish, stock, stop, store, stuff, suffuse, supply), vopsea (color, colour, dye, paint, paintwork, Stainer, tincture, tinge), pãta (attaint, blemish, cloud, foul, maculate, Mark, slop, smear, smirch, smut, soil, speckle, splash, splatter, spoil, spot, sully). (various references) | |
Russian | красящее вещество (coloring, colouring, dyestuff, dye-stuff), красить (color, colour, dye, paint), пятно (attaint, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, fleck, imputation, moil, patch, reflection, reflexion, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, spots of, stigma, taint), пятнать пятно (blemish, smirch, splotch). (various references) | |
Scottish | smal (blemish, dust, snuff, speck, spot), toibheum (blemish, reproach). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | umrljati (maculate, splotch), ukaljati (become defiled, befoul, dirty, mire, soil, sully), obojiti (color, colour, paint, tincture, tinge), mrljati se, mrlja (attaint, blot, dab, fleck, smear, smirch, smudge, splash, splotch, spot, taint), ljaga (blemish, discredit, plague spot, smirch, stigma, taint), izmrljati, boja (color, colour, dye, hue, marking, paint, pigment, suit, tincture, tint). (various references) | |
Spanish | teñir (dye, tinge, tint), manchar (bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, dapple, daub, defile, dirty, foul, maculate, Mark, smear, smudge, soil, spot, sully, taint, tarnish), mancha (black spot, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, daub, fleck, macula, Mark, patch, slick, smear, smudge, speckle, splash, splodge, splotch, spot, taint). (various references) | |
Sranan | fraka (blot, soil, spot). (various references) | |
Swedish | fläck (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, discoloration, fleck, flick, Mark, mottle, patch, slur, smear, smirch, speck, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, taint), fläcka (blot, foul, maculate, smear, smirch, smudge, speck, spot, taint, tarnish), färgämne (dye, dyestuff, pigment), betsa (pickle), bets (lye). (various references) | |
Turkish | renklendirmek (clothe, color, colour, tinge, variegate), lekelemek (asperse, attaint, bastardize, bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brand, breathe upon, cloud, defile, dirty, discolor, discolour, dishonor, fleck, flecker, maculate, mottle, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish), lekeleme (defilement, staining), leke yapmak (speck), leke olmak, leke (attaint, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, discolouration, fleck, Mackle, macula, maculation, mottle, shame, slur, smear, smirch, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stigma, taint, tarnish), kirletmek (bedaub, befoul, begrime, bemire, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, dirty, foul, foul up, grime, make dirty, mess, pollute, rape, slur, smear, smirch, smutch, soil, spatter, sully, tarnish, vitiate), kirlenmek (be polluted, be soiled, become dirty, dirty, draggle, foul, smudge, soil), kir (dirt, filth, grime, smear, smirch, soil, tarnish), bozma (annulment, breach, breaking, cancel, cancellation, changing, corruption, defacement, dislocation, dissolution, exchange, impairment, infraction, infringement, mutilation, obliteration, perversion, ruining, spoiling, violation, vitiation), boyanmak (be painted, dye, make oneself up), boyamak (color, color-wash, colour, decorate, dye, engrain, imbrue, paint, polish, wash), boyama (coloring, color-wash, colouring, dye, dyeing, painting), boya (color, coloring, colour, colouring, dye, paint, polish), ağaca renk verme. (various references) | |
Turkmen | tegmil (blotch, spot), menek (blemish, spot), kirletmek (dirty, soil). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ганьба (blot, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame, smirch, spot), ганьбити (abuse, animadvert, asperse, attaint, besmirch, blaspheme, defame, disgrace, inveigh, reproach, scandalize, shame, soil, spot, tarnish, tongue, vilify, vituperate, wrong), забруднювати (belute, besmirch, contaminate, defile, filth, gum up, make dirty, moil, pollute, puddle), барвник (coloring, colouring, dye-stuff, dye-ware, pigment), плямувати (blemish, defile, smudge, speckle, spot), пляма (blot, blotch, blur, discoloration, discolouration, fleck, macula, maculation, slur, smear, smirch, splash, spot, star, taint). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự biến m u, vết bẩn vết nhơ, vết đen thuốc m u, phẩm (stainer). (various references) | |
Welsh | staenio, staen. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | miasma. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | contaminabatur, contaminabis, contaminabit, contaminabitur, contaminabunt, contaminabuntur, contaminare, contaminarentur, contaminastis, contaminata, contaminatae, contaminate, contaminatum, contaminatus, contaminaverit, contaminaverunt, contaminavi, contaminavit, contaminent, contaminetur, contigerat, contigerit, contigerunt, contigisse, contigisset, contigit, contingat, contingatis, contingebant, contingebat, contingent, contingere, continget, contingetis, contingi, contingit, contingunt, incontaminatam, incontaminati, incontaminatos, incontaminatum, infecta, infectum, inficio infeci infectum, inquinabitur, inquinabo, inquinatae, inquinatio, inquinatos, inquinatum, labes labis, macula, maculae, maculam, maculis, pingo, polluam, polluamini, polluamus, polluant, polluantur, polluat, polluatis, polluatur, polluent, polluentur, polluerat, polluere, polluerent, pollueretur, polluerint, polluerit, pollueritis, polluerunt, pollues, polluet, polluetur, pollui, polluimini, polluimus, polluisti, polluistis, polluit, polluitur, polluta, pollutae, polluti, pollutio, pollutione, pollutum, pollutus, pollutusque, pura, puram, puras, pure, purior, purissimam, purissimas, purissimi, purissimo, purissimum, puritatem, puro, purum, purus. (various references) |
| Spanish | 900-Modern | mascara. (various references) |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | placke. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 3, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eklaboi de authn skotoV kai skia qanatou epelqoi ep' authn gnofoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Obscurent eum tenebrae et umbra mortis occupet eum caligo et involvatur amaritudine |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Dercnesses dercne it, and the shadewe of deth ocupie it in dercnesse; and be it with inne wrappid with bitternesse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 3, Verse 5 |
| Albanian | E marrshin përsëri terri dhe hija e vdekjes, qëndroftë mbi të një re, furtuna e ditës e tmerroftë! |
| Cebuano | Pasagdi ang kangitngit ug ang landong sa kamatayon sa pag-angkon niana nga ilang kaugalingon; Ang panganod papuy-a sa ibabaw niana; Kadtong tanan nga nagahimog itum sa adlaw pahadloka niana. |
| Croatian | Mrak i sjena smrtna o nj se otimali, posvema ga tmina gusta prekrila, pomrèine dnevne stravom ga morile! |
| Danish | Mulm og Mørke løse den ind, Tåge lægge sig over den, Formørkelser skræmme den! |
| Dutch | Dat de duisternis en des doods schaduw hem verontreinigen; dat wolken over hem wonen; dat hem verschrikken de zwarte dampen des dags! |
| Finnish | Omistakoon sen pimeys ja pilkkopimeä, pilvi laskeutukoon sen päälle, peljästyttäkööt sitä päivänpimennykset. |
| French | Que l`obscurité et l`ombre de la mort s`en emparent, Que des nuées établissent leur demeure au-dessus de lui, Et que de noirs phénomènes l`épouvantent! |
| German | Finsternis und Dunkel müssen ihn überwältigen, und dicke Wolken müssen über ihm bleiben, und der Dampf am Tage mache ihn gräßlich! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jadikanlah hari itu hitam kelam, gelap gulita, kabur dan suram; liputilah dengan awan dan mega, tudungilah dari sinar sang surya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Baiklah disambar kegelapan dan bayang-bayang maut akan dia, biarlah kelam kabut menimpa dia dan uap yang hitam menggentari akan dia pada siang! |
| Italian | Lo rivendichi tenebra e morte, gli si stenda sopra una nube e lo facciano spaventoso gli uragani del giorno! |
| Maori | Kia poke ia i te pouri, i te atarangi hoki o te mate; kia tauria iho e te kapua; kia whakawehia ano hoki e te whakapouritanga o te ra. |
| Norwegian | Gid mørke og dødsskygge må kreve den tilbake, gid skyer må leire sig over den, gid alt som gjør en dag mørk, må skremme den! |
| Portuguese | Reclamem-no para si as trevas e a sombra da morte; habitem sobre ele nuvens; espante-o tudo o que escurece o dia. |
| Rumanian | S`o cuprindq kntunerecul wi umbra moryii, nori growi sq vinq peste ea, wi neguri de peste zi s`o knspqimknte! |
| Russian | дБ ПНТБЮЙФ ЕЗП ФШНБ Й ФЕОШ УНЕТФОБС, "Б П'МПЦЙФ ЕЗП ФХЮБ, "Б УФТБЫБФУС ЕЗП, ЛБЛ БМСЭЕЗП ЪОПС! |
| Spanish | Reclámenlo para sí las tinieblas y la densa oscuridad; repose sobre él una nube, y cáusele terror el oscurecimiento del día. |
| Swedish | Mörkret och dödsskuggan börde den åter, molnen lägre sig över den; förskräcke den allt som kan förmörka en dag. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stain": stainabilities, stainability, stainable, stained, stainer, stainers, staining, stainless, stainlesses, stainlessly, stainproof, stains. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "stain": abstain, bloodstain, counterstain, destain, distain, sustain, tearstain. (additional references) | |
Words containing "stain": abstained, abstainer, abstainers, abstaining, abstains, bloodstained, bloodstains, counterstained, counterstaining, counterstains, destained, destaining, destains, distained, distaining, distains, sustainabilities, sustainability, sustainable, sustained, sustainedly, sustainer, sustainers, sustaining, sustains, tearstained, tearstains, unstained, unsustainable. (additional references) | |
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"Stain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estain, estalian, estein, etain, otani, saain, safin, saiin, sayn, Settani, sitan, smain, staan, staig, staine, staini, stainy, stait, stamn, stan, stanine, starin, stayen, Steib, stia, stiap, stin, stinn, stinx, stion, stlin, stnin, stoai, stoin, stui, tsai, Ts'in, zatin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stain" (pronounced stā"n) |
| 4 | s t ā" n | abstain, sustain. |
| 3 | -t ā" n | ascertain, attain, butane, contain, detain, entertain, maintain, obtain, pertain, retain. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: antis, saint, satin, tains. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, nits, sain, sati, snit, tain, tans, tins. | |
-2 letters: ain, ais, ait, ani, ant, ins, its, nit, sat, sin, sit, tan, tas, tin, tis. | |
-3 letters: ai, an, as, at, in, is, it, na, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: actins, antics, faints, gainst, giants, instal, instar, isatin, mantis, matins, nastic, paints, patins, pintas, ptisan, saints, sanity, santir, sating, satins, satiny, shanti, stains, strain, taints, takins, tanist, tenias, tineas, tisane, titans, trains, twains. | |
+2 letters: absinth, abstain, acetins, actings, actions, against, agonist, anestri, animist, anoints, antiars, anticks, antings, antisag, antisex, antsier, aroints, artisan, asquint, atonics, atonies, attains, aunties, bandits, banties, basinet, basting, bastion, bonitas, brisant, casting, cations, catkins, catlins, catnips, cineast, destain, detains, discant, distain, distant, easting, eatings, elastin, entails, entasia, entasis, etamins, etesian, fainest, fasting, fustian, gasting, gastrin, gitanos, gratins, hasting, hatpins, inanest, incants, infants, ingates, ingesta, inmates, install, instals, instant, instars, instate, instead, intakes, intimas, isatine, isatins, issuant, kainits, kations, lasting, latinos, lattins, manitos, manitus, mantids, martins, masting, matings, mattins, nailset, naivest, narcist, nastier, nasties, nastily, nations, natives, nutrias, obtains, onanist, pandits, panties, pastina, pasting, patinas, patines, pianist, pinatas, pissant, pitmans, plaints, ptisans, qintars, quintas, ratines, ratings, rations, ratlins, retains, retinas, retsina, sainted, saintly, salient, saltine, salting, sandpit, santimi, santims, santirs, sapient, satanic, satinet, seating, sestina, sextain, shaitan, shantih, shantis, sheitan, sinuate, skating, slainte, slating, spinate, spirant, staging, stained, stainer, staking, staling, stamina, stanine, staning, stannic, staring, stating, station, staving, staying, stearin, sthenia, strains, stygian, sustain, taenias, tahinis, taipans, takings, talions, tameins, tanists, tannins, tannish, tansies, tanukis, tarnish, tasking, tasting, tawnies, tawsing, teasing, tenails, tincals, tisanes, titians, transit, tsarina, tsunami, vainest, waniest, wasting, zaniest, zeatins. | |
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