tincturing
Infusing with hue
Tincturing is the process of extracting properties from a substance by steeping it in alcohol or another solvent.
The term appears most often in herbal medicine and pharmacy, where practitioners create tinctures by soaking plant material: She spent the afternoon tincturing echinacea roots.
Figuratively, tincturing can mean imparting a trace quality to something, coloring or influencing it slightly.
Filling thoroughly with
- suffusingSpreading gradually through
- permeatingSpreading throughout completely
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
- coloringAdding pigment to something
shading · affecting · flavoring · nuancing · tainting · touching · marking · characterizing
Applying dye or pigment
- dyeingColoring via immersion
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
- saturatingFilling to total capacity
hue · shade · tone · inking · suffusing · imbuing · permeating · coloration
Steeping to extract essence
- extractionAct of removing
- macerationSoftening by liquid immersion
- decoctionBoiled herbal concentrate
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
potency · dosage · dropper · steeping · straining · herbs · botanicals · roots
Mythical healing draught
- transmutationComplete change of form
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- alembicDistillation apparatus
- distillationPurification via vaporization
extraction · maceration · hermeticism · philosopher's stone · magnum opus · calcination · dissolution · separation
imbuing
Filling thoroughly with
- suffusingSpreading gradually through
- permeatingSpreading throughout completely
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
coloring · shading · affecting · flavoring · nuancing · tainting · touching · marking · characterizing · influencing
staining
Applying dye or pigment
- dyeingColoring via immersion
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
saturating · hue · shade · tone · inking · suffusing · imbuing · permeating · coloration · toning
infusion
Steeping to extract essence
- extractionAct of removing
- macerationSoftening by liquid immersion
- decoctionBoiled herbal concentrate
alcohol · potency · dosage · dropper · steeping · straining · herbs · botanicals · roots · bark
elixir
Mythical healing draught
- transmutationComplete change of form
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- alembicDistillation apparatus
distillation · extraction · maceration · hermeticism · philosopher's stone · magnum opus · calcination · dissolution · separation · conjunction
tincturingbleaching
Chemical color removal
decolorizing · whitening · fading · blanching · stripping
tincturingpurifying
Removing unwanted substances
cleansing · purging · stripping · neutralizing · extracting
tincturingdiluting
Lessening strength by mixing
watering down · dispersing · diffusing · thinning · weakening