stain

shit stain

1. vulgar slang Literally, a mark left by excrement. We need to rip up these carpets—they're covered in shit stains from grandpa's dog. His underpants had a disgusting shitstain on them.
2. rude slang A despicable, contemptible, worthless, or inconsequential person. Sometimes written as a single word. Don't listen to a fool like him, he's just a shit stain. I'll never understand why they hired a shitstain like him to run the company. Go ahead and sue us. There's no way a little shit stain like you can beat our company in court.
See also: shit, stain

stain (something) with (something)

1. Literally, to permanently ruin or alter the color of something with the application, introduction, or interaction of some substance. I swear to God—if you stain that sofa with chocolate, you will be grounded for a week! We'll need to stain the wooded decking outside with lacquer before it rains.
2. To tarnish, besmirch, or sully something due to some action, situation, occurrence, etc. She stained her bright political career with the financial scandal. My reputation has been stained with the vile calumnies of my enemies.
See also: stain
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

stain something with something

 
1. to cause a blemish or blotch on something with something. (Usually an accident.) Judy stained the carpet with some grape juice. You will stain your clothing with that food if you drop any of it.
2. to affect the coloring of something through the use of a chemical stain. (A purposeful act, much the same as painting.) Walter stained the house with a long-lasting reddish stain. We decided to stain the doors with a special varnish rather than paint them.
3. Fig. to injure or blemish someone's reputation. They stained his reputation with their charges. I don't want to do anything that would stain my reputation.
See also: stain
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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YOUR clothes will become susceptible to a wide array of stains and odours over the coming months.Use these tips to keep your wardrobe fresh-smelling and looking new as long as possible: Air out Give wet, sweaty clothes and towels a chance to breathe.
A simplified ultrasensitive silver stain for detecting proteins in polyacryamide gels.
Using a sponge, apply the solution directly on the wine stain. Blot continuously until the stain has been removed.
When patients come to you with concerns, you can use the following information to both educate and help them avoid and mitigate stains.
The heat fixed smears are stained with 0.1% Auramine-O stain for 20 minutes.
Burnsville, MN, October 05, 2018 --(PR.com)-- As homeowners gear up for another fall season, the deck builders at UglyDeck.com remind Minnesotans to wash and stain their decks in anticipation of the long winter months ahead.
Bright field microscopy uses carbol fuschin method which involves Ziehl-Neelsen technique and Fluorescence Microscopy comprises fluorochrome procedure using Auramine O or auramine-rhodamine stain. A standardized technique of fluorescence staining method was recommended by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) in 1978.
The proper choice of stain and staining method is very crucial and selected based on the cellular detail of interest.
Flush the stain with cold water and pre-treat with liquid laundry detergent.
Stain products, including Olympic MAXIMUM, Olympic ELITE and Olympic WATERGUARD will become available at most Home Depot locations by the end of 2018's second quarter.
If the embellished garment has a stain but is otherwise clean, try spot-cleaning the stain first.
sperm preparation before smear formation (I), temperature of incubation in tampon solution (II) and concentration of working solution of stain (III) for intact and fragmented DNA of buffalo sperm.
[4] Conventionally Direct Air dried smears from the aspirated material are stained with May-Grunwald Giemsa (MGG) stain and alcohol fixed smears are stained with the Papanicolaou (Pap) and hematoxylin-eosin (HE) stain for cytodiagnosis.
You'll want to remove the excess chocolate by running warm water from the Activ Dual Wash water dispenser over the stain. Following to that, pour enough detergent to cover the stain, use the ribbed edges of the sink to give the garment an extra scrub, then simply lift the sink to drop the clothing into the wash.