Wat (wie) is Taint - definitie
taint
(taints, tainting, tainted)
1.
If a person or thing is tainted by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it.
Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.
...a series of political scandals that has tainted the political stars of a generation.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
• tainted
He came out only slightly tainted by telling millions of viewers he and his wife had had marital problems.
ADJ
2.
A taint is an undesirable quality which spoils the status or reputation of someone or something.
Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption...
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3.
If an unpleasant substance taints food or medicine, the food or medicine is spoiled or damaged by it.
Rancid oil will taint the flavour.
...blood tainted with the AIDS and hepatitis viruses.
VERB: V n, V-ed
taint
I. v. a.
1.
Imbue, impregnate.
2.
Corrupt, infect, contaminate, defile, poison, make noxious, make putrid, pollute, disease, vitiate.
3.
Tarnish, stain, sully, blot.
II. n.
1.
Tincture, tinge, stain.
2.
Infection, corruption, depravation, contamination, defilement.
3.
Fault, blemish, defect, flaw, spot, stain.
Taint
·noun Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
II. Taint ·noun Infection; corruption; deprivation.
III. Taint ·vt To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
IV. Taint ·vi To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
V. Taint ·add. ·vt Aphetic form of Attaint.
VI. Taint ·noun A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
VII. Taint ·noun A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
VIII. Taint ·vi To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
IX. Taint ·vi To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
XI. Taint ·vt To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
XII. Taint ·noun An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
Uitspraakvoorbeelden voor Taint
1. taint.
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2. potential bacterial taint.
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3. this cork taint, like myself.
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4. Baptist's chronicle exposes the taint
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5. by the very taint of my touch?
Off-Broadway's Teenage Dick _ Diversity in the Arts _ Talks at Google
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor Taint
1. Such actions also upend people‘s lives and taint their reputations.
2. " ‘Despicable‘ words could taint Gibson," said the Hollywood Reporter.
3. It is that "taint" of controversy with which Obama has become associated during the past month.
4. Some of this diversity will enhance local government, though the BNP only taint it.
5. Gates has expressed a desire to close the facility because of the taint it carries.