tarnish
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtɑɹnɪʃ/
tarnish (uncountable)
- Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.
- 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household
- Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.
- 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household
- German: Anlaufen, Mattieren, Beschlagen
- Russian: потускне́ние
tarnish (tarnishes, present participle tarnishing; past and past participle tarnished)
- (intransitive) To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
- Careful storage of silver will prevent it from tarnishing.
- (transitive) To soil, sully, damage or compromise
- He is afraid that he will tarnish his reputation if he disagrees.
- (intransitive, figurative) To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
- Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright, / Grow stale and tarnish with our daily sight.
- French: ternir
- German: anlaufen, matt werden, beschlagen
- Russian: тускне́ть
- Spanish: oxidar
- German: trüben, beeinträchtigen
- Italian: infamare, disonorare
- Portuguese: manchar
- Russian: пятна́ть
- Spanish: deslustrar, empañar, tiznar, desdorar
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