A tinge is a slight amount of something, especially a faint color. If you wear SPF30 to the beach, you'll only come home with a tinge of tan.
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;
Noun
a pale or subdued color
Noun
a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
Verb
dye with a color
Verb
suffuse with color
Verb
affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
v. t.
To imbue or impregnate with something different or
foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in
some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture,
or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to
stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a
yellow color by saffron.
n.
A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or
something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added
to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
Tinge
His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance.
Tinge
His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church.
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;
A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
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