What is the meaning of stained?

verb

  • Color with a liquid dye or tint.
    • usage: "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
  • Produce or leave stains.
    • usage: "Red wine stains the table cloth"
  • Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically.
    • usage: "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
  • Color for microscopic study.
    • usage: "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"

adjective

  • Marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter.
    • usage: "a badly stained tablecloth"; "tear-stained cheeks"
  • Having a coating of stain or varnish.
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