Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - tarnish
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Tarnish
tarnish
~1 v 1 if an event or fact tarnishes someone's reputation, record, image etc, it makes it worse (a record tarnished by recent scandals) 2 if metals such as silver, copper (1), or brass (1) tarnish, or if something tarnishes them, they become dull and lose their colour (tarnished silver spoons) ~2 n dullness of colour, or loss of brightness
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(tarnishes, tarnishing, tarnished) 1. If you say that something tarnishes someone’s reputation or image, you mean that it causes people to have a worse opinion of them than they would otherwise have had. The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister... VERB: V n • tarnished He says he wants to improve the tarnished image of his country. ADJ 2. If a metal tarnishes or if something tarnishes it, it becomes stained and loses its brightness. It never rusts or tarnishes... Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver, because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal. VERB: V, V n • tarnished ...its brown surfaces of tarnished brass. ADJ 3. Tarnish is a substance which forms of the surface of some metals and which stains them or causes them to lose their brightness. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English ternysshen, from Middle French terniss-, stem of ternir, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German tarnan to hide Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt ; soil, stain 2. a. to detract from the good quality of ; vitiate his fine dreams now slightly ~ed b. to bring disgrace on ; sully the scandal has ~ed his reputation intransitive verb to become ~ed • ~able adjective II. noun Date: 1684 something that ~es; especially a film of chemically altered material on the surface of a metal (as silver) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. lessen or destroy the lustre of (metal etc.). 2 tr. impair (one's reputation etc.). 3 intr. (of metal etc.) lose lustre. --n. 1 a a loss of lustre. b a film of colour formed on an exposed surface of a mineral or metal. 2 a blemish; a stain. Derivatives tarnishable adj. Etymology: F ternir f. terne dark ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) матовая поверхность 2) тонкий налёт; оксидная плёнка покрываться оксидной плёнкой; тускнеть ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. тусклость; матовость; неяркость 2. тусклое пятно 3. тусклая, матовая поверхность 4. налет, потускнение 5. позорное пятно, тень there's no tarnish on them —- они ничем себя не запятнали 6. вызывать потускнение, лишать блеска; окислять tarnished by damp —- потускневший от влаги he couldn't bear to have his dream tarnished —- образ. он не мог смириться с тем, что кто-то покушается на его мечту 7. тускнеть, терять блеск; окиляться 8. порочить, пятнать, бросать тень, позорить to tarnish one's honour —- запятнать свою четь ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) тусклость 2) fig. пятно 2. v. 1) лишать(ся) блеска, тускнеть 2) порочить, пятнать; tarnish ones name - своё имя Syn: see discolour ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., from stem of O.Fr. ternir "dull the luster or brightness of, make dim," probably from adj. terne "dull, dark," from a Frank. source cognate with O.H.G. tarnjan "to conceal, hide," O.E. dyrnan, from P.Gmc. *darnijaz. Figurative sense is from 1697. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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