stain

[steɪn]

Definition:
1. Color with a liquid dye or tint.
2. A soiled or discolored appearance.
3. The state of being covered with unclean things.

Use 'stain' in a sentence:

1. Now if I can stain in some way, if I can somehow label the DNA fragments that I'm interested in, I could find out where those fragments are on this gel.
2. He got a tea stain on his coat.
3. They stain the mouse's brain tissue, so that different kinds of synapses show up in different colors.
4. The damp rising from the ground caused the walls to stain badly.
5. Some foods can stain the teeth, as of course can smoking.
6. A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt.
7. Try using lemon juice to remove tobacco stains from your fingers.
8. The doors are then stained and varnished.
9. Using social media screening appropriately can help ensure that you don't hire a toxic employee who will cost you money or stain your company's reputation.
10. It will remain an indelible stain in his memory.
11. Immaculate means "without stain."
12. The dress had been brightly coloured, but it was stained and dirty now.
13. How can I get this stain out?
14. They stained the floors dark brown.
15. The cytoarchitectonic organization of the cervical spinal cord of the tree shrew was studied with Nissl's stain method.
16. We painted the wooden floor with a white stain.
17. Do you think you'll be able to get this ink stain out of my pants?
18. This ink stain won't rub out.
19. Can you get this stain out?
20. Microscopically, a gram stain reveals gram-negative diplococci within a neutrophil, typical for Neisseria meningitidis.
21. The objective is to investigate the possibility of auramine O fluorescent dyes in specific stain of pathology.
22. For instance, they were used to stain previously invisible microbes and bacteria, allowing researchers to identify such bacilli as tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax.
23. To his horror, he realized there were blood stains on his coat.
24. If you happen to spill some gas or oil on the floor, newspaper will help absorb the spill and can prevent a permanent stain on concrete .
25. Every piece of timber was planed, cut to size and stained with cedar preservative.
26. Chemicals form a protective layer that resists both oil and water-based stains.
27. It leaves indelible stains on clothes.
28. White clothes stain easily.
29. Bad management in the NBA can leave a stain that takes years to wash away.
30. Blot stain with vodka then launders in your regular wash.
31. The events had stained the city's reputation unfairly.
32. This detergent is good for getting stains out.
33. I hope it doesn't stain the carpet.
34. Nicotine marks stained his chin and fingers.
35. When travelling abroad, people should be extremely careful of their actions as their misbehaviours will stain their motherland's reputation.
36. Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains.
37. She gazed round the church at the grey uneven walls and the vivid stained glass windows.
38. It will remain an indelible stain on his memory.
39. If you do choose to consume beverages that stain, consider using a straw so the liquid is not hitting off your teeth.
40. I'll never get the stain out.
41. There is still a stain on the shirt.
42. Remove stains by soaking in a mild solution of bleach.
43. I rubbed at the stain on the cloth.
44. This treatment removes the most stubborn stains.
45. Red wine leaves a stain.
46. My dress was stained.
47. The windows have beautiful stained glass insets.
48. This carpet stains easily.
49. If you soak the tablecloth before you wash it, the stains should come out.
50. These ink stains won't wash out.
51. His white coat was grubby and stained.
52. You could even order windows from a catalogue — a sort of mail order stained glass service.
53. Those grease stains won't wash off.
54. If we look forward to the end of the term, we'll read The Human Stain, which is about a man, Coleman Silk, who tries to and succeeds in passing as Jewish.
55. Using too much water could spread the stain.