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
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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