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Meanings of stain in English
Synonyms
Examples for "soil"
Examples for "soil"
1
Our police investigation into this serious crime on Malaysian soil will continue.
2
Cadmium presence in soil is considered a significant threat to human health.
3
Ten years of water seepage has a way of obliterating soil differences.
4
She fully expects another terror attack on American soil in the future.
5
They play an indispensable part in the vital cycle of the soil.
1
But reality shows have a reputation as dirt-cheap alternatives to scripted shows.
2
Whoever dragged the national honor in the dirt won their deathless hatred.
3
The roads were dirt and were never plowed in the winter time.
4
The garage floor was dirt and the wheels were down in hollows.
5
In the kitchen I finally resorted to yellow-wash to cover the dirt.
1
Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread.
2
SLS is so good at cutting grease, it's used in engine cleaners.
3
However, the next day my hair really did look fresh and grease-free.
4
It was covered with grease and the grease had been rubbed in.
5
Boiling animal bones causes them to absorb grease and discolors the bone.
1
It shows the filth of the regime of corruption, Lopez Obrador said.
2
The invaders left it in an indescribable state of disorder and filth.
3
It felt good to see Renée laughing over a little innocent filth.
4
The houses are rather larger, and they surpass the others in filth.
5
Baptism is not the putting away of the filth of the flesh.
1
Ahead of the BBC Proms, we're asking if grime has gone global.
2
There certainly appears to be a renewed interest in grime in 2014.
3
The shop grime lingers on his hands and in his broken nails.
4
In summary: It's been a big year for this Leeds-based grime-punk five-piece.
5
And it means that stains and grime breakdown, when exposed to light.
1
But beyond the consumer recycling, there's a reason grunge still retains meaning.
2
Trainspotting revelled in grunge and kick-started a new phase in British cinema.
3
They knew who Nirvana were, but weren't really into the grunge scene.
4
Then I got interested in grunge, trashy 90s Ibiza anthems and pop.
5
Everyone else is female and white, affecting an affluent version of grunge.
Catalan
descoloració Spanish
descolorido Usage of stain in English
1
The stain of slavery exists in the First of the Blacks himself.
2
Its repercussions, of course, have spread like a stain across the family.
3
Better to let Patji claim rivals than to directly stain one's hands.
4
One of our early presidents called it our great and foul stain.
5
But if that was the case, why had he left this stain?
6
The soot in your soul is a stain in your eyes, McTee.
7
She looked down at the napkin and the red stain upon it.
8
Better a blush on the face than a stain in the heart.
9
Dilution curves and several extenders were used to determine optimal stain concentrations.
10
Symbols and allegory stain almost every page of this long, puzzling book.
11
It'll take weeks to scour the psychic stain out of the area.
12
But one of the women pointed to the stain on the floor.
13
Apply the stain preferred or the one that matches the other furniture.
14
Harlamov on being questioned as to the origin of the stain stated:
15
Bitterly he recalled the stain upon his family in generations gone by.
16
I wasn't sure if it was water stain, battleship paint, or mold.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common