To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron
A tinge of a colour, feeling, or quality is a small amount of it. His skin had an unhealthy greyish tinge Could there have been a slight tinge of envy in Eva's voice?. a very small amount of a colour, emotion, or quality tinge of. tinging tingeing to give something a small amount of a particular colour, emotion, or quality tinge sth with sth
A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste