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Raretaint
The correct spelling is taint.
How to pronounce taint
/teɪnt/
nounIPA: /teɪnt/
Say it like: Tay-nt
The correct spelling is taint. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food For example: "Meat soon taints in warm weather."
Usage Examples
“Meat soon taints in warm weather.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
- 2.A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
- 3.Tincture; hue; colour
- 4.Infection; corruption; deprivation
- 5.A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
verb
- 1.To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- 2.To spoil (food) by contamination.
- 3.To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- 4.To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- 5.To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
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