TINT

shade, tint, tincture, tone

(noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; “after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”

trace, hint, tint, suggestion

(noun) a just detectable amount; “he speaks French with a trace of an accent”; “a hint mockery in her manner”; “a tint of glamour”

tint, tinct, tinge, touch

(verb) color lightly; “her greying hair was tinged blond”; “the leaves were tinged red in November”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

tint (plural tints)

A slight coloring.

A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

Verb

tint (third-person singular simple present tints, present participle tinting, simple past and past participle tinted)

(transitive, intransitive)  To shade, to color.

Etymology 2

Contraction

tint

(Yorkshire, colloquial) it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't

Source: Wiktionary


Tint, n. Etym: [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p.p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.]

Definition: A slight coloring. Specifically: -- (a) A pale or faint tinge of any color. Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope. Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte.

(b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. (c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.

Tint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.]

Definition: To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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