English-Thai Dictionary

taint

N จุดด่างพร้อย  รอย มลทิน  จุดด่างพร้อย  ความเสื่อมเสีย  jud-dang-poi

 

taint

N รอยเปื้อน  รอยด่าง  roi-puan

 

taint

VI มีมลทิน  เสื่อม เสียชื่อเสียง  มี จุดด่างพร้อย  me-mon-tin

 

taint

VI มี รอยเปื้อน  me-roi-puan

 

taint

VT ทำให้ ด่างพร้อย  ทำให้ มีมลทิน  deprave debase tam-hai-dang-poi

 

taint

VT ทำให้ มี รอยเปื้อน  spoil infect contaminate tam-hai-me-roi-puan

 

taint with

PHRV ทำให้ เสียด้วย  ทำให้ ปนเปื้อน ด้วย  tam-hai-sia-duai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAINT

v.t.[L. tingo; Gr. to dye, literally to dip, primarily to thrust, the sense of L. tango; and n not being radical, the real word is tego or tago, coinciding with Eng. duck; hence its sense in extinguo. See Dye, Attaint and Tinge. ] 1. To imbue or impregnate, as with some extraneous matter which alters the sensible qualities of the substance.
The spaniel struck
Stiff by the tainted gale--
2. More generally, to impregnate with something odious, noxious or poisonous; as, putrid substances taint the air.
3. To infect; to poison. The breath of consumptive lungs is said to taint sound lungs.
4. To corrupt, as by incipient putrefaction; as tainted meat.
5. To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
We come not by the way of accusation
To taint that honor every good tongue blesses.
6. To corrupt, as blood; to attaint. [Not in use. ] [See Attaint. ]

 

TAINT

v.i.To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. I cannot taint with fear.
1. To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
Meat soon taints in warm weather.

 

TAINT

n.Tincture; stain. 1. Infection; corruption; depravation. Keep children from the taint of low and vicious company.
2. A stain; a spot; a blemish on reputation.
3. An insect; a kind of spider.

 

TAINTED

pp. Impregnated with something noxious, disagreeable to the senses or poisonous; infected; corrupted; stained.

 

TAINTFREE

a.[taint and free. ] Free from taint or guilt.

 

TAINTING

ppr. Impregnating with something foul or poisonous; infecting; corrupting; staining.

 

TAINTLESS

a.Free from taint or infection; pure.

 

TAINTURE

n.[L. tinctura.] Taint; tinge; defilement; stain; spot. [Not much used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TAINT

Taint, n. Etym: [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See Attaint. ]

 

1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. [Obs. ] This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath. Chapman.

 

2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs. ]

 

TAINT

Taint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tainting. ]

 

Defn: To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs. ]

 

TAINT

TAINT Taint, v. t.

 

1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. [Obs. ] Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely. Massinger.

 

2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs. ] They tainted each other on the helms and passed by. Ld. Berners.

 

TAINT

Taint, v. t. Etym: [F. teint, p.p. of teindre to dye, tinge, fr. L.tingere, tinctum. See Tinge, and cf. Tint. ]

 

1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.

 

2. Fig. : To stain; to sully; to tarnish. His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. Shak.

 

Syn. -- To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect; disease; vitiate; poison.

 

TAINT

TAINT Taint, v. i.

 

1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. I can not taint with fear. Shak.

 

2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.

 

TAINT

TAINT Taint, n.

 

1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs. ]

 

2. Infection; corruption; deprivation. He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. Macaulay.

 

3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.

 

TAINTLESS

TAINTLESS Taint "less, a.

 

Defn: Free from taint or infection; pure.

 

TAINTLESSLY

TAINTLESSLY Taint "less *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a taintless manner.

 

TAINTURE

Tain "ture, n. Etym: [F. teinture. See Taint to stain, and cf. Tincture. ]

 

Defn: Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. [R.] Shak.

 

TAINTWORM

TAINTWORM Taint "worm `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

taint

taint |tānt teɪnt | ▶noun a trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance: the taint of corruption that adhered to the regime. • a thing whose influence or effect is perceived as contaminating or undesirable: the taint that threatens to stain most of the company's other partners. • an unpleasant smell: the lingering taint of creosote. ▶verb [ with obj. ] contaminate or pollute (something ): the air was tainted by fumes from the cars. • affect with a bad or undesirable quality: his administration was tainted by scandal. • [ no obj. ] archaic (of food or water ) become contaminated or polluted. DERIVATIVES taint less adjective ( literary )ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘convict, prove guilty ’): partly from Old French teint ‘tinged, ’ based on Latin tingere ‘to dye, tinge ’; partly a shortening of attaint .

 

Oxford Dictionary

taint

taint |teɪnt | ▶noun a trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality: the lingering taint of creosote | the taint of corruption which adhered to the government. • something with a contaminating influence or effect: the taint that threatens to stain most of the company's other partners. ▶verb [ with obj. ] contaminate or pollute (something ): the air was tainted by fumes from the cars. • affect with a bad or undesirable quality: his administration was tainted by scandal. • [ no obj. ] archaic (of food or water ) become contaminated or polluted. DERIVATIVES taintless adjective ( literary )ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘convict, prove guilty ’): partly from Old French teint ‘tinged ’, based on Latin tingere ‘to dye, tinge ’; partly a shortening of attaint .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

taint

taint noun the taint of corruption: trace, touch, suggestion, hint, tinge; stain, blot, blemish, stigma, black mark, discredit, dishonor, disgrace, shame. ▶verb 1 the wilderness is tainted by pollution: contaminate, pollute, adulterate, infect, blight, spoil, soil, ruin, destroy; literary befoul. ANTONYMS clean. 2 those fraudsters taint the reputation of legitimate claimants: tarnish, sully, blacken, stain, blot, blemish, stigmatize, mar, corrupt, defile, soil, muddy, damage, harm, hurt; drag through the mud; literary besmirch. ANTONYMS improve.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

taint

taint noun free from the taint of corruption: trace, touch, suggestion, hint, tinge, tincture; smear, stain, blot, blemish, slur, stigma, tarnish, scar, black mark, spot, imperfection, flaw, fault, defect, blot on one's escutcheon; discredit, dishonour, disgrace, shame. ▶verb 1 the world's last great wilderness is being tainted by pollution: contaminate, pollute, adulterate, infect, blight, befoul, spoil, soil, ruin, destroy. ANTONYMS clean. 2 fraudulent firms need to be weeded out, lest they taint the reputation of all firms: tarnish, sully, blacken, stain, besmirch, smear, blot, blemish, stigmatize, mar, corrupt, defile, soil, muddy, foul, dirty, damage, injure, harm, hurt, debase, infect, poison, vitiate, drag through the mud, blot one's copybook; brand. ANTONYMS improve.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

taint

taint /teɪnt /動詞 他動詞 1 〖通例be ～ed 〗〈人 名声などが 〉【悪いもので 】汚される, 染められる ; 堕落する «by , with » .2 〈空気 水など 〉を汚染する ; ｟主に米 ｠〈食物 〉を傷 （いた ）ませる .自動詞 腐る, 傷む .名詞 1 U 〖通例a ～〗(悪いことの )傾向, 痕跡 .2 C U 不名誉, 汚点, 汚名 .3 U 腐敗 ; 堕落 ; 悪影響 .

 

tainted

t á int ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ｟主に米 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗腐った, 汚染された 〈飲食物 〉.