Hebrew Meaning of taint

כתם

Other Hebrew words related to כתם

Definitions and Meaning of taint in English

Wordnet

taint (n)

the state of being contaminated

Wordnet

taint (v)

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

contaminate with a disease or microorganism

Webster

taint (n.)

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

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.

Tincture; hue; color; tinge.

Infection; corruption; deprivation.

A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.

Webster

taint (v. i.)

To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.

To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.

Webster

taint (v. t.)

To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.

To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.

To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.

Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.

Aphetic form of Attaint.

FAQs About the word taint

כתם

the state of being contaminated, place under suspicion or cast doubt upon, contaminate with a disease or microorganismA thrust with a lance, which fails of its

כתם,אשם,כתם,סטיגמה,מותג,קלון,נטל ההוכחה,בּוּשָׁה (bushah),איטי,עיב

פרס,צניעות,זיכוי,כבוד,צניעות,טוהר,ימין,צניעות,טוב,טוב לב

tain => תאנה, taimyr peninsula => פְּנִינְסוּלַהּ טֵיימִייר, tailzie => מגבלת זכות הניכור, tailwort => שרכך מאיר לגדות, tailwind => רוח גבית, רוח ממריצה,