taint

  • 21taint — [[t]te͟ɪnt[/t]] taints, tainting, tainted 1) VERB If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it. [be V ed] Opposition leaders said that the elections had… …

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  • 22taint — I UK [teɪnt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms taint : present tense I/you/we/they taint he/she/it taints present participle tainting past tense tainted past participle tainted a) to give something an unpleasant quality that spoils it and often… …

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  • 23taint — 1. noun /teɪnt/ a) A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food Sorry you feel that way. But since your mother sucks cocks in hell if I go there I wont be rotting.....Ill be on line right behind you hoping to get another good head… …

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  • 24taint v — A lot of money is tainted. It taint yours and it taint mine …

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  • 25taint — 1. noun the taint of corruption Syn: trace, touch, suggestion, hint, tinge; stain, blot, blemish, stigma, black mark, discredit, dishonor, disgrace, shame 2. verb 1) the wilderness is tainted by pollution …

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  • 26taint — I. verb Etymology: Middle English teynten to color & taynten to attaint; Middle English teynten, from Anglo French teinter, from teint, past participle of teindre, from Latin tingere; Middle English taynten, short for attaynten more at tinge,… …

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  • 27taint — 1 verb (transitive usually passive) to make someone or something seem less pure and desirable by relating it to something unpleasant: be tainted by/with: a political reputation tainted by association with the Mafia 2 noun (singular) the… …

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  • 28taint — verb 1) the wilderness is tainted by pollution Syn: contaminate, pollute, adulterate, infect, blight, spoil, soil, ruin 2) fraudulent firms taint our reputation Syn: tarnish, sully …

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  • 29'taint — /teɪnt/ (say taynt) 1. (in representations of speech) it ain t: taint necessarily so. –interjection 2. Colloquial (humorous) (an exclamation of good humoured denial.) …

  • 30taint — švinkimas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Maisto produktų (pvz., mėsos, žuvies) gedimas pūvant. atitikmenys: angl. taint vok. Gestank, m rus. протухать; протухнуть; тухнуть …

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