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tinged

/tɪnd͡ʒd/

tinged is the simple past and past participle of tinge.

tinged is the simple past and past participle of ting.

Meaning of tinge

Verb

tinge (third-person singular simple present tinges, present participle tinging or tingeing, simple past and past participle tinged)

  1. (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
    • [T]he water being ting'd red, cant it off, iterate it ſo long till the Vitriol tingeth the water no more.1658, Felix Würtz, “The Fourth Part. Treating of All Kinds of Balmes, Slaves,^([sic – meaning Salves]), Plaisters, Ointments, Oyles, Blood-stenchers, Potions, Tents, Corrosives, &c. which are Used...
    Synonyms:
    tinct
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
    • Hail! nurse of thought, with brow serene; / Who, as the sun, so wont, retires, / And leaves the sky to milder fires, / Tingest with shadowy forms the fading scene, [...]1812, George Dyer, “Ode X. On the Evening. Addressed to the Late Reverend Mr. Theophilus Lindsey.”, in Poetics: Or A Series of Poems, and of Disquisitions on Poetry, volume I, London: Printed [by J....
  3. (intransitive) To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.
    • [H]is virtues, as well as imperfections, are as it were tinged by a certain extravagance, which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men.1711 July 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SUNDAY, July 2, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 106; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...

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Meaning of ting

Verb

ting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)

  1. To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
    • When the microwaved food was ready, the bell tinged.

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Origin of tinged

See tinge.

See ting.

Words formed from tinged

Words that rhyme with tinged

Questions about tinged

What is tinged the simple past and past participle of?
Tinged is the simple past and past participle of tinge.
How do you pronounce tinged?
Tinged is pronounced /tɪnd͡ʒd/.

Words near tinged in the dictionary

  1. tingaling
  2. Tingatinga
  3. Tingay
  4. Tingays
  5. tinge
  6. tinged
  7. tingedst
  8. tingeing
  9. Tingen
  10. Tingens
  11. tingent

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