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noun (plural tints) |
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1. pale shade: a shade of a color, especially a pale one
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2. color with white added: a color mixed with white to give low saturation and high lightness
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3. trace of color: a slight amount of a color
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4. hair dye: a dye for the hair
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5. small addition: a barely noticeable addition of something
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6. printing background color: a pale color printed as a background onto which another color is printed
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7. graphic arts shading in engraving: a shading effect in engraving, produced by a series of parallel lines
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle tint·ed, present participle tint·ing, 3rd person present singular tints) |
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give tint to something: to color or shade something with a tint, or acquire a tint
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| [Early 18th century. Variant of tinct< Latin tinctus, past participle of tingere "soak, dye"] |
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  tint·er noun |
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