tint
tint definition
tint (tint)
noun
- a delicate or pale color or hue; tinge
- a color or a shading of a color; esp., a gradation of a color with reference to its mixture with white
- a dye for the hair
- Engraving an even shading produced by fine parallel lines
- Printing a light-colored background, as for an illustration
Etymology: earlier tinct < L tinctus, a dyeing, dipping < pp. of tingere, to dye, tinge
transitive verb
to give a tint to
Related Forms:
- tinter tint′er noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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