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    stain
    [stān]
    verb
    stain (verb) · stains (third person present) · stained (past tense) · stained (past participle) · staining (present participle)
    1. mark (something) with colored patches or dirty marks that are not easily removed:
      "her clothing was stained with blood" · "red ink can stain"
    2. color (a material or object) by applying a penetrative dye or chemical:
      "wood can always be stained to a darker shade"
    noun
    stain (noun) · stains (plural noun)
    1. a colored patch or dirty mark that is difficult to remove:
      "there were mud stains on my shoes"
      • biology
        a special dye used to color organic tissue so as to make the structure visible for microscopic examination.
      • heraldry
        any of the minor colors used in blazoning and liveries, especially tenné and sanguine.
    Origin
    late Middle English (as a verb): shortening of archaic distain, from Old French desteindre ‘tinge with a color different from the natural one’. The noun was first recorded (mid 16th century) in the sense ‘defilement, disgrace’.
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