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How to pronounce “stain”
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Pronunciation guide for stain
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of stain with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Joshua Chu-Tan: The science of preserving sight
You know, was it that stain on your ceiling
- Definition summary
- A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
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How to pronounce stain
Joshua Chu-Tan: The science of preserving sight
You know, was it that stain on your ceiling
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “stain”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
- A blemish on one's character or reputation.
- A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
- A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
- (heraldry) One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
- To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
- To coat a surface with a stain
- (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.
- (transitive, cytology, histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
- To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
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