tincture

Noun

• (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution

• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  • after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
    

• an indication that something has been present
  • there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
    
  • a tincture of condescension
    

• a substances that colors metals

Verb

• stain or tint with a color
  • The leaves were tinctured with a bright red
    

• fill, as with a certain quality
  • The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  shade , tint , tone , trace , vestige , shadow , impregnate , infuse , instill