Home › Words › D › destaindestaindestain means to remove a chemical stain from.EtymologyFrom Old French destaindre (Modern French déteindre, Spanish desteñir). At some point possibly reanalysed as de-/dis- + stain (which is etymologically unrelated).verbTo remove a chemical stain from.To lose a chemical stain.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.destaining 77% match — The removal of a stain from a biological sample vs destain →destained 75% match — From which a stain has been removed vs destain →destainer 74% match — Any material used to remove stains vs destain →decolorize 68% match — To remove the color from. vs destain →destarch 68% match — To remove starch from. vs destain →distain 66% match — To stain, discolour or tarnish vs destain →dechemicalize 66% match — To remove chemicals from. vs destain →decolourize 66% match — To drain of colour, to remove the colour from. vs destain →