Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To alter or spoil the color of; stain.
- intransitive verb To become altered or spoiled in color.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To alter the natural hue or color of; change to a different color or shade; stain; tinge.
- To alter the complexion of; change the appearance of; give a false appearance to.
- In zoology and botany, of varied or different colors; variegated; discolorous; not concolor: said of any single object.
- In zoology, differing in color, as one thing from another; discolorate; not concolor: usually with with: as, elytra discolor with the thorax.
- Also discolorous, discolorate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge
- transitive verb To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To change or lose
color .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- verb cause to lose or change color
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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'discolor' to the point of losing its effects before the fly is either too beat up to continue using or is now sitting, attached to a rock on the bottom of the stream.
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'discolor' to the point of losing its effects before the fly is either too beat up to continue using or is now sitting, attached to a rock on the bottom of the stream.
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Moller dining room table and chairs we sat at for every holiday dinner, played cards at in the sweltering heat of summer and for which we kept the room dark, so as not to discolor the wood; books I grew up reading, slides of my childhood I had never seen.
Emily Farache: On Facebook Rejection, Loving and Grieving Emily Farache 2011
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Don't try to skin it yourself ... there is a pretty good chance you will dislodge or discolor feathers if you aren't used to doing it.
Any Taxidermists out there? How should I skin a quail for future taxidermy work? 2009
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Moller dining room table and chairs we sat at for every holiday dinner, played cards at in the sweltering heat of summer and for which we kept the room dark, so as not to discolor the wood; books I grew up reading, slides of my childhood I had never seen.
Emily Farache: On Facebook Rejection, Loving and Grieving Emily Farache 2011
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Handle With Care When it comes to canvases, the goal is to avoid placing anything against the surface that could imprint an unwanted pattern, discolor or distort—including sticky paper, rough blankets, bubbly plastic or oily fingerprints.
The $25 Billion Art Move Don Steinberg 2011
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"Stainless" is a misnomer; it should be described as "stain resistant" because it will discolor or oxidize a bit, but I don't clean my stainless rifles and sidearms any differently (or any less thoroughly) than those of blued or Parkerized steel.
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Don't try to skin it yourself ... there is a pretty good chance you will dislodge or discolor feathers if you aren't used to doing it.
Any Taxidermists out there? How should I skin a quail for future taxidermy work? 2009
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"Stainless" is a misnomer; it should be described as "stain resistant" because it will discolor or oxidize a bit, but I don't clean my stainless rifles and sidearms any differently (or any less thoroughly) than those of blued or Parkerized steel.
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There was also an information sheet that gave details about the preservation: The foam bust pads were removed because they could discolor the dress with age.
After 'I Do,' Can This Wedding Dress Be Saved? Deborah Lynn Blumberg 2011
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