Taint
noun
- 1.
- ~ (of something) (a trace of corruption, disgrace, etc., a spot; stain trace of something bad, impure, or corrupt) food has a taint ដំណើរផ្អូម ខូច, taint of corruption ស្នាមបន្ដិចបន្ដួចដែលនាំមកនូវសេចក្ដីសៅហ្មង
verb — past tense: tainted ; past participle: tainted ; present participle: tainting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (1. To affect with or as if with a disease. 2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. 3. To corrupt morally. 4. To affect with a tinge of something reprehensible) ធ្វើអោយខូច
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ស្លាកស្នាមដែលនាំអោយសៅហ្មង, នាំអោយខូច
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) ~ something (with something) (to contaminate. to be infected with incipient putrefaction) ខូច
Example: The taint of a record, Meat will taint if not refrigerated, The meat was tainted.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
- 2.
- A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- 3.
- 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.
- 4.
- Infection; corruption; deprivation.
- 5.
- A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
verb — past tense: tainted ; past participle: tainted ; present participle: tainting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) Aphetic form of Attaint.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 6.
- (FIGURATIVE) (TRANSITIVE) To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
- 8.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
- 1.
- contaminate, infect, poison, adulterate, blight, canker, envenom, defile, befoul, pollute, dirty, foul, begrime, make unclean
- 2.
- soil, sully, tarnish, stain, spot, smudge, smut, smirch, besmirch, smear, besmear, streak, blotch, splotch
- 3.
- trace, touch, suggestion, drop, bit, dab, spot, speck, fleck, dot
- 4.
- stain, discoloration, blemish, scar, med, pit, pock, pockmark
- 5.
- flaw, imperfection, defacement, disfigurement, fault, defect
- 6.
- blotch, patch, splotch