taint
Kelime Anlamı :

1. leke.
2. lekelemek.
3. hastalık bulaştırmak.
4. kokuşmak.
5. (yemeği) bozmak.
6. bulaştırmak.
7. bozulma.
8. bozukluk.
9. ahlâkını bozmak.
10. bozulmak.
Tanımlar :
1. to tinge; tincture; hence, to imbue; touch; affect.
2. to imbue with something of a deleterious or offensive nature; infect or impregnate with a noxious substance or principle; affect with insalubrity, contagion, disease, or the like.
3. to make noisome or poisonous in constitution; corrupt the elements of; render putrid, deleterious, or unfit for use as food or drink.
4. to corrupt morally; imbue with perverse or objectionable ideas; exert a vitiating influence over; pervert; contaminate.
5. to give a corrupted character or appearance to; affect injuriously; stain; sully; tarnish.
6. to disgrace; fix contumely upon.
7. to treat with a tincture; embrocate; mollify.
8.
9. to be tinged or tinctured; become imbued or touched.
10. to become tainted or rancid; be affected with incipient putrefaction.
11. tainted; touched; imbued.
12. to touch or hit in tilting; reach with a thrust, as of a lance or other weapon.
13. to thrust, as a lance or other weapon, especially in tilting.
14. to make an effort or essay, as a juster; tilt, as in the just; make a thrust.
15. to attaint.
16. color; hue; dye; tinge.
17. A stain; a spot; a blemish; a touch of discredit or dishonor.
18. an infecting tinge; a trace; a touch.
19. A corrupting or contaminating influence, physical or moral; a cause or condition of depravation or decay; an infection.
20. A certain spider of small size and red color, reputed to be poisonous: perhaps a species of latrodectus, but probably only a harvest-mite, and not poisonous.
21. A thrust, as of a lance in tilting; especially, a preliminary movement or trial with a weapon, as in the tilt, or, by extension, in battle.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the state of being contaminated
2. contaminate with a disease or microorganism
3. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.