Definitions
1.nounA contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
2.nounA mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
3.nounTincture; hue; colour
4.nounInfection; corruption; deprivation
5.nounA marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
6.verbTo contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
7.verbTo spoil (food) by contamination.
8.verbTo be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
9.verbTo be affected with incipient putrefaction."Meat soon taints in warm weather."
10.verbTo mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
11.verbTo invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.