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stain
Overview of noun stain
The noun stain has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) stain, discoloration, discolouration -- (a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain")
2. (2) stain -- ((microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible)
3. (1) dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge -- (the state of being covered with unclean things)
4. mark, stigma, brand, stain -- (a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis)
5. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain -- (an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook")
Overview of verb stain
The verb stain has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (19) stain -- (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. (2) stain -- (produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth")
3. tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile -- (make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man")
4. stain -- (color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stain
5 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain, discoloration, discolouration
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
stain
=> coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge
=> dirtiness, uncleanness
=> sanitary condition
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
mark, stigma, brand, stain
=> symbol
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
=> mistake, error, fault
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun stain
3 of 5 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain, discoloration, discolouration
=> scorch
=> bloodstain
=> iron mold, iron mould
=> mud stain
=> oil stain
=> tarnish
Sense 2
stain
=> gentian violet, crystal violet
=> methylene blue, methylthionine chloride
=> counterstain
Sense 4
mark, stigma, brand, stain
=> demerit
=> bar sinister, bend sinister
=> cloven hoof, cloven foot
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stain
5 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain, discoloration, discolouration
=> appearance, visual aspect
Sense 2
stain
=> coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
Sense 3
dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge
=> dirtiness, uncleanness
Sense 4
mark, stigma, brand, stain
=> symbol
Sense 5
blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
=> mistake, error, fault
Antonyms of noun stain
Member Holonyms of noun stain
Substance Holonyms of noun stain
Part Holonyms of noun stain
Member Meronyms of noun stain
Substance Meronyms of noun stain
Part Meronyms of noun stain
Meronyms of noun stain
Holonyms of noun stain
Attributes of noun stain
Derived Forms of noun stain
5 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain, discoloration, discolouration
RELATED TO>(verb) stain#2
=> stain
Sense 2
stain
RELATED TO>(verb) stain#4
=> stain
Sense 3
dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge
RELATED TO>(verb) stain#2
=> stain
Sense 4
mark, stigma, brand, stain
RELATED TO>(verb) stain#3
=> tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
Sense 5
blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
RELATED TO>(verb) stain#3
=> tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
Domain of noun stain
1 of 5 senses of stain
Sense 2
stain
TOPIC>(noun) microscopy#1
Domain Terms of noun stain
Familiarity of noun stain
stain used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun stain
5 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain, discoloration, discolouration
> appearance, visual aspect
=> agerasia
=> look
=> view
=> color, colour
=> complexion, skin condition
=> impression, effect
=> perspective, linear perspective
=> phase
=> vanishing point
=> superficies
=> format
=> form, shape, cast
=> persona, image
=> semblance, gloss, color, colour
=> face
=> countenance, visage
=> hairiness, pilosity
=> hairlessness
=> beauty
=> ugliness
=> disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity
=> homeliness, plainness
=> blemish, defect, mar
=> stain, discoloration, discolouration
=> plainness
=> ornateness, elaborateness
=> decorativeness
=> etiolation
=> sleekness
Sense 2
stain
> coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
=> paint
=> indicator
=> mordant
=> dye, dyestuff
=> tincture
=> hematochrome
=> pigment
=> stain
Sense 3
dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge
> dirtiness, uncleanness
=> feculence
=> dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge
=> befoulment, defilement, pollution
=> dinginess, dinge
=> dustiness
=> griminess, grubbiness
=> smuttiness, sootiness
=> sordidness, squalor, squalidness
Sense 4
mark, stigma, brand, stain
> symbol
=> stock symbol
=> award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels
=> mark, stigma, brand, stain
=> token, item
=> type
=> nose
=> numeral, number
=> symbolism
=> lingam
=> written symbol, printed symbol
=> dollar, dollar mark, dollar sign
=> monogram
=> stamp, impression
=> mantle
=> Crown
=> staff
=> icon
=> marker, marking, mark
=> identifier
=> variable
Sense 5
blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
> mistake, error, fault
=> blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
=> confusion, mix-up
=> incursion
=> miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
=> distortion
=> slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
=> offside
=> oversight, lapse
=> omission, skip
=> blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
=> ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up
=> stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility
=> revoke, renege
Meronyms of noun stain
5 senses of stain
Holonyms of noun stain
Grep of noun stain
bloodstain
counterstain
gram's stain
gram stain
mud stain
oil stain
port-wine stain
stain
stainability
stained-glass window
stained glass
stainer
staining
stainless
stainless steel
Antonyms of verb stain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stain
4 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain
=> dye
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> change
Sense 2
stain
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
=> spot, fleck, blob, blot
=> change surface
=> change
Sense 4
stain
=> dye
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stain
3 of 4 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain
=> ebonize, ebonise
=> dip
=> tattoo
=> marble
=> vein
Sense 2
stain
=> smut
Sense 3
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
=> darken
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stain
4 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain
=> dye
Sense 2
stain
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
=> spot, fleck, blob, blot
Sense 4
stain
=> dye
'Cause To' of verb stain
Derived Forms of verb stain
4 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain
RELATED TO>(noun) stainer#1
=> stainer
Sense 2
stain
RELATED TO>(noun) stain#3
=> dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge
RELATED TO>(noun) stain#1
=> stain, discoloration, discolouration
Sense 3
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
RELATED TO>(noun) stain#4
=> mark, stigma, brand, stain
RELATED TO>(noun) stain#5
=> blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
Sense 4
stain
RELATED TO>(noun) stain#2
=> stain
RELATED TO>(noun) staining#1
=> staining
Domain of verb stain
Domain Terms of verb stain
Familiarity of verb stain
stain used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb stain
4 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
stain
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
stain
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb stain
4 senses of stain
Sense 1
stain
> dye
=> bronze
=> stain
=> deep-dye
=> impress, yarn-dye
=> stain
=> fast dye
=> double dye
=> hand-dye
=> piece-dye
Sense 2
stain
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 3
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
> spot, fleck, blob, blot
=> splotch
=> tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
=> speckle, bespeckle
=> spatter, bespatter
Sense 4
stain
> dye
=> bronze
=> stain
=> deep-dye
=> impress, yarn-dye
=> stain
=> fast dye
=> double dye
=> hand-dye
=> piece-dye
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb stain
Sense 1
stain
=> dye
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Sense 2
stain
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 3
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
=> spot, fleck, blob, blot
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Sense 4
stain
=> dye
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Grep of verb stain
abstain
destain
stain
sustain
Grep of adj stain
stainable
stained
stainless
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