tint
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
a delicate or pale color.
any of various commercial dyes for the hair.
Engraving. a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines.
Also called tint block .Printing. a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed.
to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.
Origin of tint
1Other words from tint
- non·tint·ed, adjective
- o·ver·tint, verb
- o·ver·tint, noun
- re·tint, verb (used with object)
- un·tint·ed, adjective
- well-tinted, adjective
Words that may be confused with tint
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How to use tint in a sentence
These rocks are well tinted 236 with lichen, but they present a barren appearance.
Wild Life on the Rockies | Enos A. Mills
British Dictionary definitions for tint
/ (tɪnt) /
a shade of a colour, esp a pale one
a colour that is softened or desaturated by the addition of white
a tinge
a semipermanent dye for the hair
a trace or hint: a tint of jealousy in his voice
engraving uniform shading, produced esp by hatching
printing a panel of colour serving as a background to letters or other matter
(tr) to colour or tinge
(tr) to change or influence slightly: his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge
(intr) to acquire a tint
Origin of tint
1Derived forms of tint
- tinter, noun
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