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CARMINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variable color averaging a vivid red
Synonyms:
cardinal; carmine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("carmine" is a kind of...):
red; redness (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
Derivation:
carmine (color carmine)
carmine (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Synonyms:
blood-red; carmine; cerise; cherry; cherry-red; crimson; red; reddish; ruby; ruby-red; ruddy; scarlet
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
carmine (a variable color averaging a vivid red)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Color carmine
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "carmine" is one way to...):
redden (make red)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
carmine (a variable color averaging a vivid red)
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