taint – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
taint
v.
contaminate, pollute, corrupt, mar; bring shame or dishonor upon; become tainted
n.
trace of something bad or offensive, small amount of something harmful or unhealthy; moral blemish, hint of dishonor
Taint
Taint may refer to:
- a wine fault, such as cork taint, ladybird taint or phenolic taint, producing undesirable odors or tastes in bottled wine; especially spoilage that can only be detected after opening the bottle
- Contamination, the presence of a minor and unwanted element (a contaminant)
- Infection, the colonization of a host organism by parasites
- Perineum, the region of the human anatomy between the genitals and the anus
- Taint (legal), the quality of illegally obtained court evidence
- Taint checking, a feature of some programming languages that prevents unauthorized users from remotely executing commands on a computer
- Tint (archaic)
- as a proper name
- The Taint (or Doctor Who and the Taint), a novel written by Michael Collier and based on the British television series Doctor Who
- Taint (band), a sludge-metal band from Wales
taint
Noun
1. the state of being contaminated
(synonym) contamination
(hypernym) impurity, impureness
(hyponym) dust contamination
(derivation) infect
Verb
1. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
(synonym) defile, sully, corrupt, cloud
(hypernym) mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
2. contaminate with a disease or microorganism
(synonym) infect
(hypernym) pollute, foul, contaminate
(hyponym) superinfect
(derivation) contamination
taint
v.
poskvrnit
n.
(po)skvrna
taint
Czas.
plamić; psuć
Rzecz.
skaza; ślad
