- staining - (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
--1 is a kind of dyeing
--1 has particulars:Gram's method, Gram method, Gram's procedure, Gram's stain, Gram stain Derived form: verb stain4 - staining, spotting, maculation - the act of spotting or staining something
--2 is a kind of soiling, soilure, dirtying
- 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
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stainer1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stain - produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stain3, noun stain1
Something ----s
- 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
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun stain4, noun stain5
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stain - color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
--4 is one way to dye
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stain2, noun staining1
Somebody ----s something