Meaning of DISCOLOR
| Pronunciation: | | dis'kulur
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- [v] change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
- [v] cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts"
- [v] lose color or turn colorless; "The painting discolored"
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| | Synonyms: | | color, colour, discolour |
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| | Antonyms: | | color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, black, blacken, blanch, bleach, bleach out, blench, blue, blush, bronze, burn, change, crimson, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolor, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise, dye, flush, gray, green, grey, infuscate, melanise, melanize, nigrify, pale, purple, redden, sallow, silver, sunburn, tan, tone, turn, wash out, white, whiten, yellow | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a
false hue upon.
To discolor all your ideas. --Wat??
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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