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# stain

«stain» in Mova's school dictionary: **hard to remove** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a stain, stains); verb (stain, stains, stained, staining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dirty mark or spot that is hard to remove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#m1)

2) (verb) To make a mark that is hard to remove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#m2)

3) (noun or verb) A dye used to colour wood or to make cells easy to see under a microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, juice, grass, ink and mud stain clothes; quick cold water helps. In science, teachers use stains (like iodine) to colour cells so they can be seen under a microscope, and fizzy drinks are tested for staining teeth. In stories, a «stain» on someone's name means something bad they did. Phrases: «grass stain», «stain remover», «stained glass», «stained with».

### examples

- I've got a grass stain on my trousers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x1)
- Blackberries stain your fingers purple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x2)
- Wash the stain out before it dries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x3)
- We used a stain to see the cells under the microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x4)
- The church has beautiful stained-glass windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x5)
- Tea can stain your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x6)
- The carpet was stained with red juice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x7)
- Dad stained the wooden fence dark brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x8)
- She flew in excitedly, her face flushed and her dress stained with mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/#x9)

### note

Countable. Adjective «stainless» means it does not stain or rust, as in «stainless steel». Hot water can set some stains, like blood or egg; use cold water first.

### In the corpora

- [Yellow turmeric turns reddish-brown with an alkali, so a curry stain can turn red when washed with soap.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/18/)
- [Bleach kills germs and takes out stains; it is a strong alkali and can burn skin and eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/25-cleaning-chemicals-safety/7/)
- [A dye is a coloured substance whose molecules stick to fibres; berry stains are dyes from the fruit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/8/)
- [Fresh stains come out more easily than old ones, because the colour has had less time to hold on to the fibres.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/9/)
- [An old shirt or apron protects your clothes from paint, which stains.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.