tint

²tint

verb

Definition of TINT

transitive verb

: to impart or apply a tint to : color

— tint·er noun

Examples of TINT

1. They tinted the water with blue dye.
2. <if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green>

First Known Use of TINT

1791

Related to TINT

Synonyms: bepaint [archaic], dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, color

Antonyms: decolorize

Related Words: brighten, lighten; darken, embrown, tone (down); checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegate

Near Antonyms: blanch, bleach, whiten

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