tint

[ tint ]

/ tɪnt /

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noun

a color or a variety of a color; hue.

a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.

a delicate or pale color.

any of various commercial dyes for the hair.

Engraving. a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines.

Also called tint block. Printing. a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed.

verb (used with object)

to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.

Origin of tint

First recorded in 1710–20; variant of tinct

OTHER WORDS FROM tint

non·tint·ed, adjective o·ver·tint, verb o·ver·tint, noun re·tint, verb (used with object)

un·tint·ed, adjective well-tint·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tint

color hue shade tint

Words nearby tint

tinselly, tinselry, tinseltown, tinsmith, tinstone, tint, tint tool, tintack, tintagel head, tinter, tintinnabular

Example sentences from the Web for tint

No one thinks to transform him into an Adonis, to require him to mascara his lashes or tint his cheekbones a delicate pink.

The Men on the Dais |Daphne Merkin |January 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Iota is informed that the Chloride of Barium, used in about the same proportion as common salt, will give the tint he desires.

Notes and Queries, Number 169, January 22, 1853 |Various
If the colour of the heroine's eyes and the tint of her hair are immaterial to her career, omit such hackneyed data.

The Lure of the Pen |Flora Klickmann
The colorings of the Greggii are a wondrous harmony of tint and hue.

The Fantastic Clan |John James Thornber

Not infrequently the ground colour is decidedly brownish in tint.

The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series |Richard South
The rose-shaded lamp cast a tint of life on her face, and the dark circles of pain made her eyes look deeper and brighter.

The Fruit of the Tree |Edith Wharton

British Dictionary definitions for tint

tint

/ (tɪnt) /

noun

a shade of a colour, esp a pale one

a colour that is softened or desaturated by the addition of white

a tinge

a semipermanent dye for the hair

a trace or hint a tint of jealousy in his voice

engraving uniform shading, produced esp by hatching

printing a panel of colour serving as a background to letters or other matter

verb

(tr) to colour or tinge

(tr) to change or influence slightly his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge

(intr) to acquire a tint

Derived forms of tint

tinter, noun

Word Origin for tint

C18: from earlier tinct

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tint

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verb (used with object)

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noun

verb

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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tint

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of tint

OTHER WORDS FROM tint

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tint

Words nearby tint

Words related to tint

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