Associations to the word «Taint»

TAINT, noun. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food

TAINT, noun. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish

TAINT, noun. (obsolete) tincture; hue; colour

TAINT, noun. (obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation

TAINT, verb. (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

TAINT, verb. (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.

TAINT, verb. (transitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.

TAINT, verb. (transitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.

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

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.

TAINT, verb. (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.

TAINT, verb. (transitive) To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.

TAINT, verb. (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

TAINT, noun. (slang) The perineum.

TAINT, noun. The state of being contaminated.

TAINT, verb. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation".

TAINT, verb. Contaminate with a disease or microorganism.