Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See discolor, discolored.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb Brit. same as discolor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Alternative spelling of discolor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb change color, often in an undesired manner

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Examples

  • I don't know how much/if 99% isopropanol will discolour anything.

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  • As they will discolour when cut, make sure you have a bowl of acidulated water on hand.

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  • As they will discolour when cut, make sure you have a bowl of acidulated water on hand.

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  • Affordable, beautifully presented classics "easy-to-read typographic design, sewn cloth bindings with top and tail bands and a silk ribbon-marker, acid-free paper which will not discolour with age, as well as substantial introductions by leading scholars and writers"

    Everyman's Library 2007

  • Non-stainless means that the needles might discolour with use due to skin oils.

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  • Affordable, beautifully presented classics "easy-to-read typographic design, sewn cloth bindings with top and tail bands and a silk ribbon-marker, acid-free paper which will not discolour with age, as well as substantial introductions by leading scholars and writers"

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  • Affordable, beautifully presented classics "easy-to-read typographic design, sewn cloth bindings with top and tail bands and a silk ribbon-marker, acid-free paper which will not discolour with age, as well as substantial introductions by leading scholars and writers"

    Everyman's Library 2007

  • I don't know how much/if 99% isopropanol will discolour anything.

    Use Cat Litter To Save Your Doused Phone | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Non-stainless means that the needles might discolour with use due to skin oils.

    Gory Needle Details a stitch in time 2009

  • It has to quick or else the avocado will discolour.

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