Tinge

  • 21tinge — /tinj/, v., tinged, tingeing or tinging, n. v.t. 1. to impart a trace or slight degree of some color to; tint. 2. to impart a slight taste or smell to. n. 3. a slight degree of coloration. 4. a slight admixture, as of some qualifying property or… …

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  • 22tinge — 1. verb 1) a mass of white blossom tinged with pink Syn: tint, color, stain, shade, wash 2) his optimism is tinged with realism Syn: influence, affect, touch, flavor, color, modify; …

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  • 23tinge — 1. verb 1) white blossom tinged with pink Syn: tint, colour, stain, shade, wash 2) his optimism is tinged with realism Syn: influence, affect, touch, flavour, colour 2 …

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  • 24tinge — [[t]tɪndʒ[/t]] v. tinged, tinge•ing ting•ing, 1) to impart a slight degree of some color to; tint 2) to impart a slight taste or smell to 3) a slight degree of coloration 4) a slight admixture; trace: a tinge of garlic[/ex] • Etymology: 1470–80;… …

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  • 25tinge — ► sustantivo masculino ZOOLOGÍA Búho, ave estrígida mayor y más fuerte que el común. * * * tinge. (De or. inc.). m. Búho mayor y más fuerte que el común …

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  • 26tinge — [15] Etymologically, tinge denotes ‘soak, moisten’. That is what its Latin source, tingere, originally meant. The notion of ‘colour’ comes from a secondary Latin sense, ‘dye’, which arose from the concept of ‘dipping in liquid dye’. The Latin… …

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  • 27tinge — 1 noun (C) a very small amount of a colour, emotion, or quality (+ of): a tinge of sadness in her voice 2 verb (transitive + with) to give something a small amount of a particular colour, emotion, or quality …

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  • 28tinge — [tɪndʒ] noun [C] a very small amount of a colour, feeling, or quality a tinge of sadness/nostalgia[/ex] …

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  • 29tinge — [15] Etymologically, tinge denotes ‘soak, moisten’. That is what its Latin source, tingere, originally meant. The notion of ‘colour’ comes from a secondary Latin sense, ‘dye’, which arose from the concept of ‘dipping in liquid dye’. The Latin… …

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  • 30tinge — 1. noun a) A small amount of something, especially of an added colour. b) The degree of vividness of a colour; shade, hue or tint. 2 …

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