stain
/steɪn/ verbe B2En français : entacher, colorer, tacher
- To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance. · to stain the hand with dye· armour stained with blood
- To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
- To coat a surface with a stain · to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.
- To become stained; to take a stain.
- To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
- To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
He/she/it stains · Prétérit stained · Participe passé stained · Forme en -ing staining
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- stain
- He/she/it
- stains
- Prétérit
- stained
- Participe passé
- stained
- Forme en -ing
- staining
Dans la bibliothèque
A great roofless palace crowned the hill, and the marble of the courtyards and the fountains was split, and stained with red and green, and the very cobblestones in the courtyard where the king’s elephants used to live had been thrust up and apart by grasses and young trees.
Anne squirmed off the bed and sat rigidly on a chair beside it, her face swollen and tear-stained and her eyes fixed stubbornly on the floor.
A tear-stained face appeared, looking tragically over the banisters.
“Yes, there _is_ need!” The child raised her head quickly, revealing a tear-stained face and trembling lips.
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