Definition of taints Taints
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Wiktionary 
- taints (Noun)
Plural of taint.
Part of speech
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| taint - the state of being contaminated | ||
| contamination | ||
| impureness, impurity the condition of being impure | ||
Verb |
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| taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism | ||
| infect | ||
| disinfect destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound" | ||
| pollute, contaminate, foul make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" | ||
| superinfect infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | ||
| smut affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn | ||
| taint - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" | ||
| defile, sully, corrupt, cloud | ||
| deflower, impair, mar, vitiate, spoil deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" | ||
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Wiktionary
- taint (Noun)
tincture; hue; colour. - taint (Noun)
infection; corruption; deprivation. - taint (Verb)
To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. - taint (Verb)
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- taint (n.)
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. - taint (n.)
An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. - taint (v. i.)
To thrust ineffectually with a lance. - taint (v. t.)
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. - taint (v. t.)
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. - taint (v. t.)
To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air. - taint (v. t.)
Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish. - taint (v. i.)
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. - taint (v. i.)
To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather. - taint (n.)
Tincture; hue; color; tinge. - taint (n.)
Infection; corruption; deprivation. - taint (n.)
A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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taint
tānt, v.t. to tinge, moisten, or impregnate with anything noxious: to infect: to stain.—v.i. to be affected with something corrupting.—n. a stain or tincture: infection or corruption: a spot: a moral blemish.—adj. Taint′less, without taint, pure.—adv. Taint′lessly, without taint.—n. Taint′ure (Shak.), taint, tinge, stain. [O. Fr. taint (Fr. teint), pa.p. of teindre, to dye—L. tingĕre, tinctum, to wet.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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taint
By admiralty law, the taint of contraband extends to all property on board belonging to the owners of detected contraband articles.
