'Tint' definitions:

Definition of 'tint'

From: WordNet
noun
A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture, tone]
verb
Color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" [syn: tint, tinct, tinge, touch]

Definition of 'Tint'

From: GCIDE
  • Tint \Tint\, n. [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.] A slight coloring. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A pale or faint tinge of any color. [1913 Webster]
  • Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. --Harte. [1913 Webster] (b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. [1913 Webster] (c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. [1913 Webster]
  • Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tint'

From: GCIDE
  • Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.] To give a slight coloring to; to tinge. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tint'

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