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tint

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tint  (tnt)
n.
1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
3. A slight coloration; a tinge.
4. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
5. A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines.
6. Printing A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration.
7. A dye for the hair.
tr. & intr.v. tint·ed, tint·ing, tints
To give a tint to or take on a tint.

[Alteration of tinct.]

tinter n.

tint [tɪnt]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a shade of a colour, esp a pale one
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a colour that is softened or desaturated by the addition of white
3. a tinge
4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a semipermanent dye for the hair
5. a trace or hint a tint of jealousy in his voice
6. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Engraving uniform shading, produced esp by hatching
7. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a panel of colour serving as a background to letters or other matter
vb
1. (tr) to colour or tinge
2. (tr) to change or influence slightly his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge
3. (intr) to acquire a tint
[from earlier tinct]
tinter  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tinttint - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
color, coloring, colouring, colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
mellowness - a soft shade of a color; "a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble"
richness - a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"
tinge, undertone - a pale or subdued color
Verb1.tinttint - color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
henna - apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every month"
color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
tincture - stain or tint with a color; "The leaves were tinctured with a bright red"
complexion - give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

tint
noun
1. shade, colour, tone, hue, cast Its large leaves often show a delicate purple tint.
2. dye, wash, stain, rinse, tinge, tincture You've had a tint on your hair.
3. hint, touch, trace, suggestion, shade, tinge His words had more than a tint of truth to them.
verb
dye, colour, stain, rinse, tinge, tincture Eyebrows can be tinted with the same dye.
Translations
tint [tɪnt]
A. N (gen) → tono m, matiz m; (for hair) → tinte m
B. VTteñir, matizar
to tint sth blueteñir or matizar algo de azul
it's yellow tinted with redes amarillo matizado de rojo
to tint one's hairteñirse el pelo

tint [ˈtɪnt]
n
(= slight colour) → teinte f
(= hair dye) → couleur f
vt
[+ hair] → teinter

tint
nTon m; (= product for hair)Tönung (→ smittel nt) f; tints of purpleVioletttöne pl
vt hairtönen

tint [tɪnt]
1. n (gen) → sfumatura; (colour) → tinta; (for hair) → shampoo m inv colorante
2. vt (hair) → fare uno shampoo colorante a

tint [tɪnt]
1. n (gen) → sfumatura; (colour) → tinta; (for hair) → shampoo m inv colorante
2. vt (hair) → fare uno shampoo colorante a

tint
n tint [tint]
a variety, or shade, of a colour. tint لَوْن خَفيف، ظِل لَوْني багра odstín nuance die Tönung απόχρωση, τόνος tinte, matiz värvitoon ته رنگ värisävy nuance, teinte גָווָן हलका रंग nijansa, ton boje színárnyalat variasi warna lit-/blæbrigði tinta, sfumatura 色合 색조 atspalvis nokrāsa; tonis sedikit warna tint fargetone, toning odcień matiz nuanţă, tentă оттенок, тон odtieň odtenek nijansa skiftning, nyans, []ton สีอ่อน hafif renk, ton 色澤,色彩 барва; відтінок, тон رنگ، سايہ trạng thái, màu sắc khác nhau
v
to colour slightly She had her hair tinted red. tint يَصْبُغ بِلَوْن خَفيف обагрям světle tónovat tone tönen χρωματίζω ελαφρά teñir toonima ته رنگ زدن به؛ مش کردن sävyttää teinter (de) לְהוֹסִיף גָווָן ל- हलका रंग चढआ obojiti, dati ton színez mewarnai lita, setja skol í hár tingere 染める 열은 색조를 내다 nudažyti iekrāsot; ietonēt mewarna sedikit kleuren fargetone, fargelegge barwić tingir a da o nuanţă de подкрашивать dať (farebný) odtieň niansirati nijansirati färga, tona แต้มสีจาง ๆ hafif boyamak 將...著色 злегка забарвлювати; підфарбовувати ہلکا رنگ دينا có màu nhẹ ...


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In the horse we see this tendency strong whenever a dun tint appears--a tint which approaches to that of the general colouring of the other species of the genus.
Barbicane also noticed large craters, without any interior cones, which shed a bluish tint similar to the reflection of a sheet of steel freshly polished.
Far away on each hand stretch the rich pastures, and the patches of dark earth made ready for the seed of broad-leaved green crops, or touched already with the tint of the tender-bladed autumn-sown corn.
 
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