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UK
/tˈɪŋktʃɐ/
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[ US /ˈtɪŋktʃɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈtɪŋktʃɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a substance that colors or dyes
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an indication that something has been present
a tincture of condescension
there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim - (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
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a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
VERB
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fill, as with a certain quality
The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide -
stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color
The sky was tinctured red
How To Use tincture In A Sentence
- There's a reason that those invites a fortunate few received, allowing them to attend the après-opening private reception at the latest, greatest Place To Be, the Feral Cheerleader, are tinctured with a hue you cannot find at Sherwin-Williams. James Scarborough: "Stay Free© or Die: The Menstrual Hut Project," International City Bungalow Gallery, Long Beach, California
- Each bottle is a half-oil, half-water combination tinctured with various colors using plant and mineral essences.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide.
- To lessen the frequency of the pulse, fluid extract or tincture of aconite or veratrum may be given in water, every hour. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide.
- To make it go down more easily, she suggests mixing the tincture with a morning glass of orange juice.
- A tincture is made (H.) from the whole plant with spirit of wine, and this proves most useful for clearing obscuration of the sight, when there is a sense, especially in the open-air, of a white vibrating mist before the eyes; and therefore it has been given with marked success in early stages of amaurotic paralysis of the retina. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
- Those who use herbs like echinacea are likely to use standard tinctures or pills.
- tinctured" with His spirit, and has his own human life rooted in the Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries
- Each treatment bottle contains only a couple of drops of the Mother Tincture topped up with more water and succussed again.