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What (who) is tarnish$81708$ - definition
Tarnish
THIN LAYER OF CORROSION THAT FORMS OVER COPPER, BRASS, ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM, NEODYMIUM AND OTHER SIMILAR METALS AS THEIR OUTERMOST LAYER UNDERGOES A CHEMICAL REACTION
Tarnishing
·noun The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
II. Tarnish ·vi To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
III. Tarnish ·noun A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
IV. Tarnish ·adj To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to Sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
tarnish
THIN LAYER OF CORROSION THAT FORMS OVER COPPER, BRASS, ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM, NEODYMIUM AND OTHER SIMILAR METALS AS THEIR OUTERMOST LAYER UNDERGOES A CHEMICAL REACTION
Tarnishing
I. v. a.
Soil, stain, sully, deface, dim, discolor, dull, blemish.
II. n.
Soil, stain, spot, blemish, blot.
tarnish
THIN LAYER OF CORROSION THAT FORMS OVER COPPER, BRASS, ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM, NEODYMIUM AND OTHER SIMILAR METALS AS THEIR OUTERMOST LAYER UNDERGOES A CHEMICAL REACTION
Tarnishing
(tarnishes, tarnishing, tarnished)
1.
If you say that something tarnishes someone's reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had.
The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister...
VERB: V n
• tarnished
He says he wants to improve the tarnished image of his country.
ADJ
2.
If a metal tarnishes or if something tarnishes it, it becomes stained and loses its brightness.
It never rusts or tarnishes...
Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver, because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal.
VERB: V, V n
• tarnished
...its brown surfaces of tarnished brass.
ADJ
3.
Tarnish is a substance which forms of the surface of some metals and which stains them or causes them to lose their brightness.
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