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DESTAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does destain mean?
• DESTAIN (verb)
The verb DESTAIN has 1 sense:
1. remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
Familiarity information: DESTAIN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they destain ... he / she / it destains
Past simple: destained
Past participle: destained
-ing form: destaining
... he / she / it destains Past simple: destained
Past participle: destained
-ing form: destaining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "destain" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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