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VERMILION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
Synonyms:
orange red; scarlet; vermilion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vermilion" is a kind of...):
red; redness (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
Derivation:
vermilion (color vermilion)
vermilion (of a vivid red to reddish-orange color)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
Synonyms:
Chinese-red; cinnabar; vermilion; vermillion
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
vermilion (a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Color vermilion
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "vermilion" is one way to...):
redden (make red)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
vermilion (a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge)
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