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costain

costain verb: to stain with two or more stains.

Verb

costain (third-person singular simple present costains, present participle costaining, simple past and past participle costained)

  1. To stain with two or more stains

Proper noun capitalized: Costain

Costain (plural Costains)

  1. A surname.

Forms of costain

Verb
third-person singular presentcostains
present participlecostaining
past participlecostained
pastcostained
Proper noun
pluralCostains

Origin of costain

From co- + stain.

Words formed from costain

Phrases with costain

Questions about costain

What does costain mean?
Costain means to stain with two or more stains.
What part of speech is costain?
Costain can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of costain?
The past tense of costain is costained.

Words near costain in the dictionary

  1. Costabiles
  2. costable
  3. costae
  4. costage
  5. costages
  6. costain
  7. Costain gun
  8. Costain guns
  9. costained
  10. costaining
  11. costains

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