Adjective stained has 3 senses
  1. stained - marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter; "a badly stained tablecloth"; "tear-stained cheeks"
    Antonyms:
    unstained, untreated
  2. stained, varnished - having a coating of stain or varnish
    Antonym: unpainted (indirect, via painted)
  3. besmirched, damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished - especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
    Antonym: unblemished (indirect, via blemished)
,Verb stain has 4 senses
  1. stain - color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
    --1 is one way to
    dye
    Derived form: noun stainer1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. stain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
    --2 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun stain3, noun stain1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
    --3 is one way to spot, fleck, blob, blot
    Derived forms: noun stain4, noun stain5
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. stain - color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
    --4 is one way to
    dye
    Derived forms: noun stain2, noun staining1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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