stain
stayn
- n a soiled or discolored appearance
the wine left a dark stain - n (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
- n the state of being covered with unclean things
- n a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- n an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- v color with a liquid dye or tint
people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages - v produce or leave stains
Red wine stains the table cloth - v make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- v color for microscopic study
- Guy it is pretty much always a guy in these ads, though Super Bowl audiences are half women answers a question at a job interview, but is drowned out by a stain on his .
- Then he announced, "I might hire youif you get that stain out of your dress.
- The starkly fascistic phrase was, in fact, a tagline for Castro, who Romney had, earlier in the same speech, declared "a stain on Cuban soil.