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CARMINE

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 I. (noun) 

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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) 

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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:

Adjectives

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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