Usually means: Discoloration of metal surface oxidation.
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  1. tarnish: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tarnish: Merriam-Webster
  3. tarnish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tarnish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tarnish: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tarnish: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tarnish, tarnish: Wordnik
  8. tarnish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tarnish: Wiktionary
  10. tarnish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tarnish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tarnish: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tarnish: Dictionary.com
  14. tarnish (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tarnish: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Tarnish (film), Tarnish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tarnish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tarnish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tarnish: Rhymezone
  20. tarnish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tarnish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. tarnish: FreeDictionary.org
  23. tarnish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. tarnish: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. tarnish: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  2. tarnish: Medical dictionary

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  1. tarnish: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.
verb:  (intransitive) To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
verb:  (transitive) To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
verb:  (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it brings disrepute to it.

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