tincture in English dictionary

  • tincture

    Meanings and definitions of "tincture"

    • A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
    • A tint, or an added colour.
    • (heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
    • An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
    • (humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
    • An essential characteristic.
    • to stain or impregnate (something) with colour
    • noun
      A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
    • noun
      A tint, or an added colour.
    • noun
      (heraldry)
      A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
    • noun
      An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
    • noun
      (humorous)
      A small alcoholic drink.
    • noun
      An essential characteristic.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      A slight taste superadded to any substance.
    • noun
      A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
    • verb
      to stain or impregnate (something) with colour; ( figuratively) to tinge; to taint
    • verb
      To soak (an organic substance) in alcohol or another liquid to produce a tincture.
    • alcoholic extract used as medicine
    • essential characteristic
    • A substance used to modify the color of something.
    • noun
      an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
    • noun
      a heraldic metal, color, or fur.
      English heraldry recognises seven principal tinctures, consisting of two "metals", or light tinctures (gold and silver), and five "colours", or dark tinctures (blue, red, purple, black, and green).
    • noun
      a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
    • noun
      a substance that colors or dyes
    • noun
      (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
    • verb
      fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
    • verb
      stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color; "The sky was tinctured red"

    Synonyms of "tincture" in English dictionary

    medication, fill, impregnate are the top synonyms of "tincture" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of tincture

    • Conjugation of tincture
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    • tincture ( third-person singular simple present tinctures, present participle tincturing, simple past and past participle tinctured)
    • tincture ( plural  tinctures)
    • tincture (plural tinctures)
    • tincture (third-person singular simple present tinctures, present participle tincturing, simple past and past participle tinctured)
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