tingeing

verb

variants or tinging
Definition of tingeingnext
present participle of tinge
as in tinting
to give color or a different color to just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look

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  1. painting
  2. coloring
  3. brightening
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  • Wear gloves when touching cleaning products, take a break from painting your nails, and avoid acetone nail polish remover.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Homages to the Bethesda games’ slow-motion kills are aplenty, with gratuitous shots of bullets tearing through bodies and painting the walls red.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of painting
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  • But a lot of the Biden diehards will be people from his inner circle, coloring his legacy going forward.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The entire halftime show featured white costumes and coloring, along with a ton of country hits.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of coloring
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  • The forecast came in the wake of its sudden dimming during 2023 after a decade of gradually brightening.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Trader stepped outside, into the brightening gray, and placed an FPV drone on a wooden stool resting on its side.
    C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of brightening
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