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Taint
/teɪnt/
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
📖 Definitions of "Taint"
noun
- 1
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
- 2
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
- 3
Tincture; hue; colour
- 4
Infection; corruption; deprivation
verb
- 1
To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- 2
To spoil (food) by contamination.
- 3
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- 4
To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
"Meat soon taints in warm weather."
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