Definition of tinges Tinges

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What does tinges mean?

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Verb tinges, tinging, tinged
tinge - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
		color, colour, distort
		bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, affect, touch press or wedge together; pack together
tinge - color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
		tint, tinct, touch
		color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, color, colour add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
		henna apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every month"
		tincture stain or tint with a color; "The leaves were tinctured with a bright red"
		complexion give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

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tinge (v. t.)
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
tinge (n.)
A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.

tinge
tinj, v.t. to tint or colour: to mix with something: to give in some degree the qualities of a substance.—n. a small amount of colour or taste infused into another substance. [L. tingĕre, tinctum; conn. with Gr. tenggein, to wet, to stain.]