Discolor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discolor \Dis*col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discolored}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Discoloring}.] [OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F.
     d['e]colorer, fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color,
     color color. See {Color}.] [Written also {discolour}.]
     1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a
        different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine


        will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.
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     2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a
        false hue upon.
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              To discolor all your ideas.           --Watts.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  discolor
       v 1: lose color or turn colorless; "The painting discolored"
            [ant: {color}]
       2: cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my
          shirts"
       3: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts
          discolored" [syn: {discolour}, {colour}, {color}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "discolor":
     achromatize, attaint, bedaub, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bestain,
     blacken, blanch, blaze, blaze a trail, bleach, blemish, blot,
     blotch, blur, brand, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, cicatrize,
     dapple, dappled, darken, dash, daub, decolor, decolorize, defile,
     define, delimit, demarcate, dim, dirty, dot, drain, drain of color,
     dull, engrave, etiolate, fade, fleck, freckle, fume, gash, hatch,
     impress, imprint, line, make a mark, mark, mark off, mark out,
     motley, mottle, multicolor, multicolored, multihued, nick, notch,
     pale, parti-colored, pencil, pepper, peroxide, point, prick, print,
     punch, punctuate, puncture, riddle, scar, scarify, scorch, score,
     scotch, scratch, seal, seam, sear, singe, slubber, slur, smear,
     smirch, smoke, smut, soil, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, stain,
     stamp, stigmatize, streak, striate, stripe, sully, taint, tar,
     tarnish, tattoo, tick, tick off, tone down, trace, underline,
     underscore, varicolored, versicolor, versicolored, wash out,
     whiten