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Meanings of stain in English

Portuguese
sujeira
Catalan
porqueria
Spanish
grunge
Wikidata

The state of being covered with unclean things.

      sujeira
      Portuguese
      mancha
      Catalan
      màcula
      Spanish
      mancha

      An act that brings discredit to the person who does it.

            mancha
            Portuguese
            marca
            Catalan
            marca
            Spanish
            marca

            A symbol of disgrace or infamy.

                  marca
                  Catalan
                  descoloració
                  Spanish
                  descolorido

                  A soiled or discolored appearance.

                        descoloració
                        Usage of stain in English
                        1
                        The stain of slavery exists in the First of the Blacks himself.
                        The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
                        2
                        Its repercussions, of course, have spread like a stain across the family.
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        Better to let Patji claim rivals than to directly stain one's hands.
                        Arcanum Unbounded
                        4
                        One of our early presidents called it our great and foul stain.
                        Beautiful assassin
                        5
                        But if that was the case, why had he left this stain?
                        Rebel island
                        6
                        The soot in your soul is a stain in your eyes, McTee.
                        Harrigan
                        7
                        She looked down at the napkin and the red stain upon it.
                        The Blood Red Dawn
                        8
                        Better a blush on the face than a stain in the heart.
                        Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
                        9
                        Dilution curves and several extenders were used to determine optimal stain concentrations.
                        Pubmed
                        10
                        Symbols and allegory stain almost every page of this long, puzzling book.
                        The Guardian
                        11
                        It'll take weeks to scour the psychic stain out of the area.
                        A Hard Day’s Knight
                        12
                        But one of the women pointed to the stain on the floor.
                        Old Kaskaskia
                        13
                        Apply the stain preferred or the one that matches the other furniture.
                        Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
                        14
                        Harlamov on being questioned as to the origin of the stain stated:
                        The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
                        15
                        Bitterly he recalled the stain upon his family in generations gone by.
                        Weighed and Wanting
                        16
                        I wasn't sure if it was water stain, battleship paint, or mold.
                        Finger lickin' fifteen
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                        Translations for stain
                        Stain through the time
                        Stain across language varieties
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Less common