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Meaning of 'tincture' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tincture [ n.]
- A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
- One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
- The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
- A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
- A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
- A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.
2 . Tincture [ v. t.]
- To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
- To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.

Meaning of 'tincture' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tincture [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an indication that something has been present
Example in sentence:
  • a tincture of condescension;
  • there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
Meaning (2):
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
Example in sentence:
  • after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
3 . tincture [ v]
Meaning (3):
- fill, as with a certain quality
Example in sentence:
  • The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
Meaning (4):
- stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color
Example in sentence:
  • The sky was tinctured red

Nearby Words:

tin tinamides tinamou tincal tinchel tinct tinctorial tinctured tincturing tind

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