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tint

[ tint ]

noun

  1. a color or a variety of a color; hue.
  2. a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
  3. a delicate or pale color.
  4. any of various commercial dyes for the hair.
  5. Engraving. a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines.
  6. Also called tint block. Printing. a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed.


verb (used with object)

  1. to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.

tint

/ tɪnt /

noun

  1. a shade of a colour, esp a pale one
  2. a colour that is softened or desaturated by the addition of white
  3. a tinge
  4. a semipermanent dye for the hair
  5. a trace or hint

    a tint of jealousy in his voice

  6. engraving uniform shading, produced esp by hatching
  7. printing a panel of colour serving as a background to letters or other matter


verb

  1. tr to colour or tinge
  2. tr to change or influence slightly

    his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge

  3. intr to acquire a tint

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Derived Forms

  • ˈtinter, noun

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Other Words From

  • non·tinted adjective
  • over·tint verb
  • over·tint noun
  • re·tint verb (used with object)
  • un·tinted adjective
  • well-tinted adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tint1

First recorded in 1710–20; variant of tinct

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tint1

C18: from earlier tinct

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Example Sentences

We were able to swap tints on a chairlift in three seconds without leaving fingerprints.

This year’s batch of shades marks a historic breakthrough for color-neutral cool gray tints.

Mix the tint into the basic adhesive and add the activator only once you are happy with the color match.

A universal lens works fairly well in all light conditions and is typically a medium copper, rose, or brown tint with little to no mirror.

Cities saw the skies turn red, but the iPhone camera’s computational photography mode tried to correct the tint and made the scenes look underwhelming.

These facts cast a new nightmarish tint to an already overwhelming public health calamity.

Sky and soft sunlight tint the snow blue, pink, lilac, peach.

"We were in it but we didn't win it," said Martin, who wore magenta tint on her lips and her hair in a short blond bob.

No one thinks to transform him into an Adonis, to require him to mascara his lashes or tint his cheekbones a delicate pink.

Others again will be found of a fine red, having something of a most lovely light cherry tint.

Next day Malcolm, somewhat lighter in tint after a hot bath, made himself acquainted with the camp.

When the flowers are of a light tint, two or three of the leaves nearest the root are gathered.

The rind is peeled from the branches by means of knives, and then dried in the sun; this gives it a yellowish or brownish tint.

Your gloves must be of kid, white, or some very light tint to suit your dress.

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