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TINT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

Example:

after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted

Synonyms:

shade; tincture; tint; tone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tint" is a kind of...):

color; coloring; colour; colouring (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tint"):

mellowness (a soft shade of a color)

richness (a strong deep vividness of hue)

tinge; undertone (a pale or subdued color)

Derivation:

tint (color lightly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A just detectable amount

Example:

a tint of glamour

Synonyms:

hint; suggestion; tint; trace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("tint" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tint"):

spark (a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A dye for coloring the hair

Synonyms:

hair coloring; hair dye; tint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tint" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tint"):

henna (a reddish brown dye used especially on hair)

rinse (a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Color lightly

Example:

the leaves were tinged red in November

Synonyms:

tinct; tinge; tint; touch

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "tint" is one way to...):

color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tint"):

henna (apply henna to one's hair)

tincture (stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color)

complexion (give a certain color to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

tint (a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color)

tinter (a hairdresser who tints hair)

tinting (the act of adding a tinge of color)

Credits

 Context examples: 

But it was different out upon the rose-tinted waters of the central lake.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Signs and symptoms of severe defects in newborns include: • Rapid breathing • Cyanosis - a bluish tint to the skin, lips, and fingernails • Fatigue • Poor blood circulation

(Congenital Heart Defects, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

An autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by thickened and spongy oral mucosa with a white tint.

(Hereditary Mucosal Leukokeratosis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by single polar flagellum, alpha glucosidase and alkaline phosphatase positive, catalase positive, has pink tinted colonies, and produces acid from galactose, xylose and methanol.

(Methylobacterium mesophilicum, NCI Thesaurus)

To the unaided eye the famous, bright star Antares shines with a strong red tint in the heart of the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion).

(Best Ever Image of a Star’s Surface and Atmosphere, ESO)

This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the pine family, out-topping the others—some singly, some in clumps; but the general colouring was uniform and sad.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

My uncle, in his fawn-coloured driving-coat, with all his harness of the same tint, looked the ideal of a Corinthian whip; while Sir John Lade, with his many-caped coat, his white hat, and his rough, weather-beaten face, might have taken his seat with a line of professionals upon any ale-house bench without any one being able to pick him out as one of the wealthiest landowners in England.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a shock to me to turn from the wonderful smoky beauty of a sunset over London, with its lurid lights and inky shadows and all the marvellous tints that come on foul clouds even as on foul water, and to realise all the grim sternness of my own cold stone building, with its wealth of breathing misery, and my own desolate heart to endure it all.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Upon a mellow autumn day, about noon, when the ground was perfumed by fallen leaves, and many more, in beautiful tints of yellow, red, and brown, yet hung upon the trees, through which the sun was shining, I arrived at Highgate.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

So were the tinted spectacles and the curious voice, which both hinted at a disguise, as did the bushy whiskers.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)