Synonym: discolor, mark, soil, spot. Antonym: cleanse. Similar words: sustain, abstain, sustainable, sustainability, maintain, taint, attain, obtain. Meaning: [steɪn] 
n. 1. a soiled or discolored appearance 2. (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible 3. the state of being covered with unclean things 4. a symbol of disgrace or infamy 5. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it. v. 1. color with a liquid dye or tint 2. produce or leave stains 3. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically 4. color for microscopic study.
n. 1. a soiled or discolored appearance 2. (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible 3. the state of being covered with unclean things 4. a symbol of disgrace or infamy 5. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it. v. 1. color with a liquid dye or tint 2. produce or leave stains 3. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically 4. color for microscopic study. 
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(121) Bio-tex Powder and some of the Stain Devils had to be dissolved in water - laborious for a small stain.
(122) So he hopes to come up with a special X-ray stain binding to human nerve endings.
(123) He wore a baggy tracksuit with what looked like a jam stain down the front and egg yolk all down the sleeve.
(124) But for a trial, you want them pure, innocent, with no stain of sin.
(125) Robert Lopez is released without a stain on his character.
(126) Even so, Viktor had seen the red stain spreading amongst the bright colours of the makeshift shroud.
(127) You've got a huge red stain all down the back of your shorts.
(128) Instead, they have beached in a large stain across Britain's front gardens.
(129) Salt is the best cure for a red wine stain.
(130) Dead fish formed glittering patches of colour against the dark water stain.
(131) Suzy walked into the lounge and switched on a table-lamp whose shade was spotted by a coffee stain.
(132) He scanned the horizon and saw on the edge of the sky the familiar yellowish stain.
(133) How can I get this wine stain out of my blouse?
(134) A purply stain spilled out across her neck and shoulders.
(135) One of the glasses had fallen on to its side and a red stain had spread from it on to the tablecloth.
(136) The bicycles obstructing the way, the unloved and unwashed stair carpet,[http://sentencedict.com/stain.html] the large and perplexing stain on the elderly wallpaper.
(137) Remember, tell the dry cleaner what caused the stain.
(138) This ink stain won't rub out.
(139) The stain will have to be sanded out.
(140) There isn't a stain on her reputation.
(141) It will remain an indelible stain on his memory.
(142) It was widely used by cytologists to stain chromosomes.
(143) PAS stain Histoplasma capsulatum infection in the liver.
(144) He is true blue, so he'll never stain.
(145) Goblet cells ( blue ) scattered throughout simple columnar epithelial lining ( special quad stain ).
(146) Methods: Radioimmunoassay (RIA) and Wright Giemsa stain were used to detect serum sexual hormone and sperm cytology in 45 aspermia patients.
(147) Midrib is lengthened for tendril, extreme has one flocculus basket, bottle shape, opening brim is thick, there is a lid on, green is given priority to, have Brown or gules stain and streak.
(148) We insist on the safety of imported high-quality stain and one-time health needle!
(149) Methods 25 cases of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma were studied by routine stain, immunohistochemistry, Hales colloidal iron stain and 3 of them by electron microscopy.
(150) An acid fast stain demonstrates a long filamentous organism in the center that is dark red. This is typical for Nocardia .
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