Tincture

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.
  • n. An imparted color; a tint.
  • n. A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.
  • n. A trace or vestige: "a faint tincture of condescension” ( Robert Craft).
  • n. An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of iodine.
  • n. Heraldry A metal, color, or fur.
  • v. To stain or tint with a color.
  • v. To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
  • n. A tint, or an added colour.
  • n. A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
  • n. An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
  • n. A small alcoholic drink.
  • n. An essential characteristic.
  • v. to stain or impregnate (something) with colour
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tinge or shade of color; a tint.
  • n. One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
  • n. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
  • n. A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
  • n. A slight taste superadded to any substance.
  • n. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
  • v. To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
  • v. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The color with which anything is imbued or impregnated; natural or distinctive coloring; tint; hue; shade of color.
  • n. In heraldry, one of the metals, colors, or furs used in heraldic achievements.
  • n. Something exhibiting or imparting a tint or shade of color; colored or coloring matter; pigment.
  • n. Infused or derived quality or tone; distinctive character as due to some intermixture or influence; imparted tendency or inclination: used of both material and immaterial things; in alchemy, etc., a supposed spiritual principle or immaterial substance whose character or quality may be infused into material things, then said to be tinctured : as, tincture of the “Red Lion.”
  • n. A shade or modicum of a quality or of the distinctive quality of something; a coloring or flavoring; a tinge; a taste; a spice; a smack: as, a tincture of garlic in a dish.
  • n. A fluid containing the essential principles or elements of some substance diffused through it by solution; specifically, in medicine, a solution of a vegetable, an animal, or sometimes a mineral substance, in a menstruum of alcohol, sulphuric ether, or spirit of ammonia, prepared by maceration, digestion, or (now most commonly) percolation.
  • n. Bitter tincture.
  • To imbue with color; impart a shade of color to; tinge; tint; stain.
  • To give a peculiar taste, flavor, or character to; imbue; impregnate; season.
  • To taint; corrupt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. stain or tint with a color
  • n. an indication that something has been present
  • n. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  • n. a substances that colors metals
  • v. fill, as with a certain quality
  • n. (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
  • Verb Form
    tinctured    tinctures    tincturing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    touch    tint    tinct    tinge    make full    fill up    fill   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tint    tinge   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    infusion    ounce    tinge    alum    elixir    taint    laudanum    quinine    magnesia    nutmeg