tinge

1 a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon]

2 a pale or subdued color [syn: undertone]

1 suffuse with color [syn: imbue, hue]

2 affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" [syn: color, colour, distort]

3 dye with a color [syn: tint, tinct, bepaint, touch]

English

Noun

1. a small amount of something, especially of an added colour
2. the degree of vividness of a colour; shade, hue or tint

Verb

1. to add a small amount of colour; to tint

Italian

Verb form

tinge

1. third-person singular indicative present of tingere

Portuguese

Verb form

tinge

1. third-person singular indicative present of tingir

Spanish

Noun

tinge m

1. Eurasian eagle owl

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