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tinge
English
Etymology
The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of ting? (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /t?n(d)?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?
Noun
tinge (plural tinges)
- A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
- Synonyms: tincture, teint, (the latter two obsolete) teinture
- The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
Translations
Verb
tinge (third-person singular simple present tinges, present participle tinging or tingeing, simple past and past participle tinged)
- (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
- Synonym: tinct
- (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
- (intransitive) To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- tinged (adjective)
- tingent (archaic)
- untinged
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Teign, get in, get-in
Italian
Verb
tinge
- third-person singular present indicative of tingere
Anagrams
- genti, tigne
Latin
Verb
tinge
- second-person singular present active imperative of ting?
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- tinga (a-infinitive)
Etymology
From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þing?n?.
Verb
tinge (present tense tingar, past tense tinga, past participle tinga, passive infinitive tingast, present participle tingande, imperative ting)
- (transitive) to reserve; to place an order on
- Synonym: bestille
- to subscribe (to a publication)
- Synonym: abonnere
- to negotiate
Derived terms
- tingar
- tinge på
- tinging
Related terms
- ting
References
- “tinge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- eting, ginet, geint, ginte, tigne
Portuguese
Verb
tinge
- third-person singular present indicative of tingir
Spanish
Noun
tinge m (plural tinges)
- Eurasian eagle owl
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wash
English
Etymology
From Middle English washen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wascan, from Proto-Germanic *waskan?, *watskan? (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /w??/, /w??/
- (Canada, NYC, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /w??/
- (US, intrusive r) IPA(key): /w???/
- Rhymes: -??
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
Verb
wash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past and past participle washed)
- To clean with water.
- 1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9
- Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full
- 1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101
- If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water.
- 2010, Catherine Abbott, The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables, Everything Books ?ISBN, page 215
- Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water.
- 1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9
- (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- [the landscape] washed with a cold, grey mist
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever
- The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes.
- 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever
- (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
- (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
- To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
Usage notes
In older works and possibly still in some dialects, wesh and woosh may be found as past tense forms. Washen may be found as a past participle.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
wash (plural washes)
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- A liquid used for washing.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
- […] the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped the more to put them beyond earshot […]
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
- The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- 2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC ?ISBN, page 5
- To date, much of the research undertaken on high-speed vessel wake wash has appeared only as unpublished reports for various authorities and management agencies.
- 2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC ?ISBN, page 5
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- (nautical) The blade of an oar.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, […] where rain water hath a long time settled.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- A shallow body of water.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
- In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)
- 1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
- ...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.
- 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
- A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
- (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
- In order to augment the vinosity of the wash, many substances are recommended by Dr. Shaw, such as tartar, nitre, common salt, and the vegetable or mineral acids.
- 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
Synonyms
- lavatory
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Anagrams
- Haws, Shaw, Wahs, haws, shaw, shwa, wahs
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