Define the word tinge"Tinge" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Tinge \Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tingeing.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin
to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n,
dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf. Distain, Dunker, Stain,
Taint a stain, to stain, Tincture, Tint.]
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;
as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in
some degree with the qualities of another substance, either
by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to
color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red;
an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
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His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections,
are tinged by a certain extravagance. --Addison.
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Syn: To color; dye; stain.
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"Tinge" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Tinge \Tinge\, n.
A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or
something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture,
or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
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His notions, too, respecting the government of the
state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the
government of the church. --Macaulay.
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"tinge" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
tinge
n 1: a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a
touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, mite, pinch,
jot, speck, soupcon]
2: a pale or subdued color [syn: undertone]
v 1: suffuse with color [syn: imbue, hue]
2: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color
my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
[syn: color, colour, distort]
3: dye with a color [syn: tint, tinct, bepaint, touch]
"tinge" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
165 Moby Thesaurus words for "tinge":
achromatism, affect, allegory, allusion, apply paint,
arcane meaning, assumption, bedaub, bedizen, begild, bend, besmear,
besprinkle, bias, breathe, brew, brush on paint, calcimine, cast,
chromatism, chromism, coat, color, color balance, color harmony,
color scheme, coloration, coloring, complexion, connotation, cover,
dab, dash, daub, decoct, decorator color, deep-dye, dip, dispose,
distemper, double-dye, dredge, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild,
entincture, face, fast-dye, flavor, fresco, gild, glaze, gleam,
gloss, grain, hint, hue, idea, illuminate, imbrue, imbue,
implication, implied meaning, import, impregnate, incline, induce,
inference, infiltrate, influence, infuse, infusion, ingrain,
inkling, innuendo, instill, intimation, ironic suggestion, japan,
key, lacquer, lay on color, lead, leaven, lick, look, meaning,
metaphorical sense, move, natural color, nuance, occult meaning,
overtone, paint, pallor, parget, penetrate, permeate, persuade,
pervade, pigment, predispose, presumption, presupposition, prime,
prompt, saturate, sauce, scintilla, season, seasoning, shade,
shadow, shellac, sip, skin color, slop on paint, smack, smattering,
smear, smell, soften up, soupcon, spark, spice, sprinkling, stain,
steep, stipple, strain, streak, subsense, subsidiary sense,
suffuse, suggestion, sup, supposition, suspicion, sway, symbolism,
taint, taste, temper, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tint,
tone, touch, trace, transfuse, undercoat, undercolor, undercurrent,
undermeaning, undertone, varnish, vestige, wash, wear down,
weigh with, whitewash, work
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