tinge
verb/tɪndʒ/
/tɪndʒ/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tinge | /tɪndʒ/ /tɪndʒ/ |
| he / she / it tinges | /ˈtɪndʒɪz/ /ˈtɪndʒɪz/ |
| past simple tinged | /tɪndʒd/ /tɪndʒd/ |
| past participle tinged | /tɪndʒd/ /tɪndʒd/ |
| -ing form tingeing | /ˈtɪndʒɪŋ/ /ˈtɪndʒɪŋ/ |
- tinge something (with something) to add a small amount of colour to something
- white petals tinged with blue
- Pink tinged her pale cheeks.
- The sky was tinged with crimson.
- tinge something (with something) to add a small amount of a particular emotion or quality to something
- a look of surprise tinged with disapproval
- Sadness tinged his voice.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin tingere ‘to dip or colour’. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.
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