tincturing
tincturing adjective: having the effect of colouring or staining with a dye or pigment. Also the present participle and gerund of tincture.
Adjective
tincturing (comparative more tincturing, superlative most tincturing)
Noun
tincturing (plural tincturings)
- The act or process of colour or stain (something) with a dye or pigment.
- The act of adding to or impregnating something with an abstract quality.
- The act or process of dissolving (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
- At its simplest, tincturing involves chopping or grinding the source material as finely as possible, covering it with ethyl (grain) alcohol, and allowing the mixture to macerate, or steep, for two weeks or more.2009, Greg A. Marley, Mushrooms for Health: Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi, Down East Books
Also used as
tincturing is also the present participle and gerund of tincture.
Forms of tincturing
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more tincturing |
| superlative | most tincturing |
| Noun | |
| plural | tincturings |
Origin of tincturing
From tincture (verb) + -ing.
Questions about tincturing
- What does tincturing mean?
- Tincturing means having the effect of colouring or staining with a dye or pigment.
- What part of speech is tincturing?
- Tincturing can be an adjective or a noun.
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