noun Download 🔗Share A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food Examples : "The visible mold on the bread was a clear sign of taint. " food substance condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Tincture; hue; colour Examples : "The artist added a subtle taint of gold to the painting, giving it a warm glow. " color appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Infection; corruption; deprivation Examples : "The taint of dishonesty hung over the politician after the scandal, making it difficult for people to trust him again. " disease moral negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks. Examples : "The system flagged a taint in the student's submitted file, triggering extra checks for malware. " computing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally. Examples : "The spilled juice tainted the white tablecloth, making it impossible to use for the party. " moral character society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To spoil (food) by contamination. Examples : "The leaky pipe tainted the water supply, making the drinking water undrinkable. " food biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To be affected with incipient putrefaction. Examples : "Meat soon taints in warm weather." biology medicine disease food chemistry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks. Examples : "If the website receives user input without proper validation, it might taint the database query string, making it vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. " computing technical internet technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. Examples : "The knight's first taint at the jousting tournament was a miss, failing to hit his opponent. " sport weapon action military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The knight received a taint in his jousting match, a small but dishonorable scratch to his lance. " sport military action history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. Examples : "The clumsy student tainted his perfectly good essay with careless errors. " action weapon war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To thrust ineffectually with a lance. Examples : "The knight, weakened by the battle, could only taint weakly at the dragon's thick hide, his lance glancing off harmlessly. " military weapon action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The perineum. Examples : "Because the medical exam required a full body assessment, the doctor examined the patient's taint to check for any skin abnormalities. " anatomy body physiology sex part organ Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading