Word

stain, v.
(stained, staining, stains)
freq. cnt. 21

color with a liquid dye or tint
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 19

stain

sample sentences

"Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"
"people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stainer

semantic pointers

hypernym

dye

hyponym

ebonize, ebonise dip tattoo marble vein

produce or leave stains
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

stain

sample sentences

"Red wine stains the table cloth"

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stain stain

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

hyponym

smut

verb group

spot, fleck, blob, blot

color for microscopic study
<verb.change>

stain

sample sentences

"The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

staining stain

semantic pointers

hypernym

dye

make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

defile maculate stain sully tarnish

sample sentences

"The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"
"Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"