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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tint has 1 sense
- tint(n = noun.attribute) shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" is a kind of color, coloring, colour, colouring
has particulars: mellowness, richness, tinge, undertone
Derived form verb tint1
Verb tint has 1 sense
- tint(v = verb.change) tinct, tinge, touch - color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" is one way to color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
Derived forms noun tint1, noun tinter1, noun tinting1
Sample sentences:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
tint, n. [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.].
A slight coloring. [1913 Webster]
"Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass."
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"Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline."
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Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
tint, v. t.
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tint, n. & v.
--n.
1 a variety of a colour, esp. one made lighter by adding white.
2 a tendency towards or admixture of a different colour (red with a blue tint).
3 a faint colour spread over a surface, esp. as a background for printing on.
4 a set of parallel engraved lines to give uniform shading.
--v.tr. apply a tint to; colour.
--n.
1 a variety of a colour, esp. one made lighter by adding white.
2 a tendency towards or admixture of a different colour (red with a blue tint).
3 a faint colour spread over a surface, esp. as a background for printing on.
4 a set of parallel engraved lines to give uniform shading.
--v.tr. apply a tint to; colour.
Derivative
tinter n.
Etymology
alt. of earlier tinct f. L tinctus dyeing (as TINGE), perh. infl. by It. tinto
THESAURUS
tint
Munsell chroma, achromatism, affect, apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, brightness, brush on paint, burr, calcimine, cartoon, cast, chalk, charcoal, chiseling, chroma, chromatic color, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, coat, color, color balance, color harmony, color quality, color scheme, colorant, coloration, colorimetric quality, coloring, complexion, cool color, copy, cover, crayon, cross-hatching, crosshatch, dab, dash, dash off, daub, decorator color, deep-dye, delineate, demitint, depict, design, diagram, dip, distemper, doodle, double-dye, draft, draw, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, engravement, engraving, etch, etching, face, fast-dye, fresco, gem-engraving, gild, glass-cutting, glaze, gloss, glyptic, grain, graving, half tint, hatch, hatching, hint, hue, illuminate, imbue, incision, influence, infusion, ingrain, inkling, inscript, inscription, intimation, japan, key, lacquer, lay on color, lightness, limn, line, lining, marking, natural color, neutral color, paint, paint a picture, pallor, parget, pencil, picture, picturize, pigment, pigmentation, portray, prime, purity, rinse, saturation, sauce, score, scoring, scratch, scratching, scumble, seasoning, shade, shadow, shellac, sketch, skin color, slash, slashing, slop on paint, smack, smear, soupcon, spice, sprinkling, stain, stencil, stipple, stippling, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tinge, tone, tooling, touch, touch up, trace, type-cutting, undercoat, undercolor, value, varnish, vestige, warm color, wash, whitewashROGET THESAURUS
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Color
N color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.VB color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue, paint.
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