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destain

destain verb: to remove a chemical stain from.

Verb

destain (third-person singular simple present destains, present participle destaining, simple past and past participle destained)

  1. (transitive) To remove a chemical stain from.
  2. (intransitive) To lose a chemical stain.

destain meaning in Tamil

destain in Tamil

சாயம்நீக்கு

Forms of destain

third-person singular presentdestains
present participledestaining
past participledestained
pastdestained

Origin of destain

From Old French destaindre (Modern French déteindre, Spanish desteñir). At some point possibly reanalysed as de-/dis- + stain (which is etymologically unrelated).

Questions about destain

What does destain mean?
Destain means to remove a chemical stain from.
What is destain in Tamil?
Destain in Tamil is சாயம்நீக்கு. See Destain meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is destain?
Destain is a verb.
What is the past tense of destain?
The past tense of destain is destained.

Words near destain in the dictionary

  1. destaffs
  2. destage
  3. destaged
  4. destages
  5. destaging
  6. destain
  7. destained
  8. destainer
  9. destainers
  10. destaining
  11. destainings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: destain (page history and authors); destain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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