Mots en English pour 'a patch of bright color'
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noun
- a patch of bright color
- a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- the sound like water splashing
- a small quantity of something moist or liquid
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- the act of scattering water about haphazardly
- An impact or impression.
- (wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- (computing, informal) A splash screen.
- (MLE, slang) A knife.
- (comics) A splash page.
- (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- (journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- (military, slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- A small amount of liquid.
- A small amount (of color).
- (MLE, slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
verb
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
- dash a liquid upon or against
- soil or stain with a splashed liquid
- make a splashing sound
- walk through mud or mire
- strike and dash about in a liquid
- (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
- (transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
- (intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (transitive) To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (transitive) To spend (money).
- (transitive, nautical) To launch a ship.
- (military, slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- (figurative) To roughly fill with color.
- (transitive) To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
- (intransitive) (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
noun
- a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
- a sudden brilliant understanding
- a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
- a short vivid experience
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
- a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
- a momentary brightness
- a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
- a gaudy outward display
- A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
- A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
- (computing, uncountable) Clipping of flash memory.
- (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
- Synonym of flashback (“recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug”).
- (military) A form of military insignia.
- The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
- (figurative, uncountable) Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
- (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
- (photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).
- (British, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
- (telecommunications) Ellipsis of hook flash.
- A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
- The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
- Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
- (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
- (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
- A pool of water, in some areas especially one that is marshy, and/or one formed by subsidence of the ground due to mining. (Compare flush (“marsh; pool”).)
- A very short amount of time.
- (engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
adj
verb
- gleam or glow intermittently
- appear briefly
- emit a brief burst of light
- make known or cause to appear with great speed
- protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
- display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- expose or show briefly
- (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
- (transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
- (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
- (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
- To flash back.
- (transitive) To send by some startling or sudden means.
- (transitive, computing) To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
- (intransitive) To burst out into violence.
- (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
- (ambitransitive, informal) To expose one's intimate body part or undergarment, often momentarily and unintentionally. (Contrast streak.)
- (transitive, glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
- (transitive, glassmaking) To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
- (figurative) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
- (intransitive) To be visible briefly.
- To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
- To communicate quickly.
- (transitive) To make visible briefly.
- (juggling) To perform a flash.
- (intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
- To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
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verb
noun
- A flush or tinge of color that appears over the base color.
- The act of overflushing.
- The act or process of forcing overflush into a system in order to clear out active fluids.
- Surplus assets.
- A flush (series of obstacles to ski between) that covers a slope
- A displacement fluid that is forced into a system in order to clear out active fluids that are used in a treatment, such as fracking, desalinization, etc.
- An excess of something.
- A sudden rush of feeling that appears expressed in the face.
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adj
- Having a color.
- Having prominent colors; colorful.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
- Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.
- (in combination) Having a particular color or kind of color.
- (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, sometimes capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)
- (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
- having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
- having skin rich in melanin pigments;
- favoring one person or side over another
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verb
noun
- A shade of colour; a tinge.
- An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
- (go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
- A meaningful look or stare.
- Ellipsis of private eye.
- (US) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The visual sense.
- A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.
- The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
- (typography) The enclosed counter (“negative space”) of the lower-case letter e.
- A reproductive bud in a potato.
- The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
- A mark on an animal, such as a butterfly or peacock, resembling a human eye.
- The name of the Latin script letter I/i.
- The ability to notice what others might miss.
- One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
- (nautical, in the plural) The foremost part of a ship's bows; the hawseholes.
- (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
- The relatively calm and clear centre of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
- The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
- A brood.
- A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
- That which resembles the eye in relative beauty or importance.
- Attention, notice.
- A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
- (usually in the plural) Opinion, view.
- (mining) Synonym of pit-eye.
- (informal) The dark brown centre of a black-eyed Susan flower.
- good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
- a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
- attention to what is seen
- the organ of sight
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
verb
noun
- An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
- (slang) Blotting paper.
- Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
- A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
- A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
- (figuratively) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
- An irregularly shaped area.
- an irregularly shaped spot
verb
noun
- A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
- (Pacific Northwest US) A caddisfly larva.
- Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
- A mollusk of family Littorinidae.
- Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
- chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
- edible marine gastropod
- commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
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adj
- brightly colored and showy
- offering fun and gaiety
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
- (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
- (of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
- (of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Flamboyant or effeminate in behavior.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
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- brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
- emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
- Of or relating to fluorescence.
- Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
- Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.
- Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
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noun
adj
- (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
- Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.
- Highly intelligent.
- Shining brightly.
- (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.
- clear and sharp and ringing
- full of light; shining intensely
- having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- characterized by grandeur
- having strong or striking color
- of surpassing excellence
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verb
adj
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
- Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
- Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.
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adj
noun
- a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- An incongruous mixture.
- (countable, figuratively, by extension) A jester; a fool.
- (uncountable) A jester's multicoloured clothes.
verb
adj
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- Colorful, as if painted.
- coated with paint
- having makeup applied
- lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting
- Wearing makeup.
- Coated with paint.
- Depicted in paint.
- (figurative) Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling.
verb
noun
- having a light color
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- the property of being comparatively small in weight
- a feeling of joy and pride
- the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
- the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
- The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- Freedom from worry.
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- Agility of movement.
noun
- a vivid purplish-red color
- any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
- A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
- A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
adj
noun
- A slight coloring.
- (automotive, informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
- A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
- A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
- A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
- a just detectable amount
- a dye for coloring the hair
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
contraction
verb
adj
- Light in color.
- (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- Feeble, faint.
- not full or rich
- very light colored; highly diluted with white
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
- lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
- abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
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- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
noun
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
noun
- a patch of bright color
- a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- the sound like water splashing
- a small quantity of something moist or liquid
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- the act of scattering water about haphazardly
- An impact or impression.
- (wrestling) A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- (computing, informal) A splash screen.
- (MLE, slang) A knife.
- (comics) A splash page.
- (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- (journalism) A large, prominent headline or article.
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- (military, slang) The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- A small amount of liquid.
- A small amount (of color).
- (MLE, slang) The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
verb
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered
- dash a liquid upon or against
- soil or stain with a splashed liquid
- make a splashing sound
- walk through mud or mire
- strike and dash about in a liquid
- (transitive) To hit or expel liquid at.
- (transitive, MLE) To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
- (intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (transitive) To hit or agitate (liquid) so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- (transitive) To spend (money).
- (transitive, nautical) To launch a ship.
- (military, slang) To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- (figurative) To roughly fill with color.
- (transitive) To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
- (intransitive) (of a liquid) To disperse suddenly as a result of an impulse; to splatter.
noun
- a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
- a sudden brilliant understanding
- a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
- a short vivid experience
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
- a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
- a momentary brightness
- a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
- a gaudy outward display
- A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
- A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
- (computing, uncountable) Clipping of flash memory.
- (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
- Synonym of flashback (“recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug”).
- (military) A form of military insignia.
- The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
- (figurative, uncountable) Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
- (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
- (photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).
- (British, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
- (telecommunications) Ellipsis of hook flash.
- A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
- The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
- Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
- (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
- (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
- A pool of water, in some areas especially one that is marshy, and/or one formed by subsidence of the ground due to mining. (Compare flush (“marsh; pool”).)
- A very short amount of time.
- (engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
adj
verb
- gleam or glow intermittently
- appear briefly
- emit a brief burst of light
- make known or cause to appear with great speed
- protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
- display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- expose or show briefly
- (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
- (transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
- (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
- (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
- To flash back.
- (transitive) To send by some startling or sudden means.
- (transitive, computing) To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
- (intransitive) To burst out into violence.
- (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
- (ambitransitive, informal) To expose one's intimate body part or undergarment, often momentarily and unintentionally. (Contrast streak.)
- (transitive, glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
- (transitive, glassmaking) To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
- (figurative) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
- (intransitive) To be visible briefly.
- To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
- To communicate quickly.
- (transitive) To make visible briefly.
- (juggling) To perform a flash.
- (intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
- To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
noun
verb
noun
- A flush or tinge of color that appears over the base color.
- The act of overflushing.
- The act or process of forcing overflush into a system in order to clear out active fluids.
- Surplus assets.
- A flush (series of obstacles to ski between) that covers a slope
- A displacement fluid that is forced into a system in order to clear out active fluids that are used in a treatment, such as fracking, desalinization, etc.
- An excess of something.
- A sudden rush of feeling that appears expressed in the face.
adj
adv
verb
noun
- A shade of colour; a tinge.
- An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
- (go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
- A meaningful look or stare.
- Ellipsis of private eye.
- (US) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The visual sense.
- A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.
- The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
- (typography) The enclosed counter (“negative space”) of the lower-case letter e.
- A reproductive bud in a potato.
- The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
- A mark on an animal, such as a butterfly or peacock, resembling a human eye.
- The name of the Latin script letter I/i.
- The ability to notice what others might miss.
- One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
- (nautical, in the plural) The foremost part of a ship's bows; the hawseholes.
- (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
- The relatively calm and clear centre of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
- The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
- A brood.
- A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
- That which resembles the eye in relative beauty or importance.
- Attention, notice.
- A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
- (usually in the plural) Opinion, view.
- (mining) Synonym of pit-eye.
- (informal) The dark brown centre of a black-eyed Susan flower.
- good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
- a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
- attention to what is seen
- the organ of sight
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
verb
noun
- An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
- (slang) Blotting paper.
- Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
- A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
- A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
- (figuratively) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
- An irregularly shaped area.
- an irregularly shaped spot
verb
noun
- A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
- (Pacific Northwest US) A caddisfly larva.
- Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
- A mollusk of family Littorinidae.
- Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
- chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
- edible marine gastropod
- commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
adj
noun
- having a light color
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- the property of being comparatively small in weight
- a feeling of joy and pride
- the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
- the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
- The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- Freedom from worry.
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- Agility of movement.
noun
- a vivid purplish-red color
- any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
- A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
- A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
adj
noun
- A slight coloring.
- (automotive, informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
- A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
- A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
- A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
- a just detectable amount
- a dye for coloring the hair
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
contraction
verb
verb
noun
noun
verb
verb
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
noun
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
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- Having a color.
- Having prominent colors; colorful.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
- Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.
- (in combination) Having a particular color or kind of color.
- (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, sometimes capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)
- (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
- having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
- having skin rich in melanin pigments;
- favoring one person or side over another
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- brightly colored and showy
- offering fun and gaiety
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
- (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
- (of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
- (of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Flamboyant or effeminate in behavior.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
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- brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light
- emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
- Of or relating to fluorescence.
- Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
- Vivid, as if fluorescing; neon.
- Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
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- (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
- Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.
- Highly intelligent.
- Shining brightly.
- (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.
- clear and sharp and ringing
- full of light; shining intensely
- having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- characterized by grandeur
- having strong or striking color
- of surpassing excellence
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- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
- Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
- Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.
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- a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- An incongruous mixture.
- (countable, figuratively, by extension) A jester; a fool.
- (uncountable) A jester's multicoloured clothes.
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- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- Colorful, as if painted.
- coated with paint
- having makeup applied
- lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting
- Wearing makeup.
- Coated with paint.
- Depicted in paint.
- (figurative) Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling.
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- Light in color.
- (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- Feeble, faint.
- not full or rich
- very light colored; highly diluted with white
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
- lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
- abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress