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Meaning of stains

- To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
- To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.
- To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
- To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
- To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
- A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.
- A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
- Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
- Cause of reproach; shame.
- A tincture; a tinge.

Crossword clue for stains

- Besmirch
- Blemish
- Blemish isn’t a problem
- Blot
- Carpet blemish
- Dirty mark
- Discolour
- Mark of disgrace
- Permanently discolour
- Taint
- Tarnish
- Wine-spill spot
- Besmirches
- Blotches
- Blots out saints
- Dirty spots
- Discolours
- Dyes
- Permanent dyes damaged satins
- Taints
- Tarnishes
- When thrown out of order saints have blemishes