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tint
/tɪnt/
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What does tint mean?
noun
- A slight coloring.
- A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
- A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
- (informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
verb
- To shade, to color.
contraction
- it is not; it isn't
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IPA pronunciation
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He was clothed all in green, from his head to his feet, and even his skin was of a greenish tint.
By little and little, the surface of the plate takes a yellow tint, which darkens more and more, approaching to bistre.
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Through the smoke, as he approached the gate, Pétya saw Dólokhov, whose face was of a pale-greenish tint, shouting to his men.
A little earlier, the russet-yellow tint announces the extinction of the last spark of life in the creature that is being devoured.
The swelling of the hand and arm gradually increased, showing the particular livid and yellowish tint following the bites of poisonous snakes.