Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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alter | No | No | Yes | No |
stain | Yes | No | Yes | No |
alter (noun) | stain (noun) |
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an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | |
a soiled or discolored appearance | |
a symbol of disgrace or infamy | |
anything regarded as making something unclean | |
(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible |
alter (verb) | stain (verb) |
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remove the ovaries of | produce or leave stains |
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | color with a liquid dye or tint |
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | color for microscopic study |
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically |
make an alteration to |