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.