PINK
\pˈɪŋk], \pˈɪŋk], \p_ˈɪ_ŋ_k]\
Definitions of PINK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
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a light shade of red
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sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
By Princeton University
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any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
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a light shade of red
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similar to the natural color of pinks
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To wink.
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To wink; to blink.
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Half-shut; winking.
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To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
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To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
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A stab.
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A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
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Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
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Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
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A vessel with a very narrow stern; - called also pinky.
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A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; - so called from the common color of the flower.
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The European minnow; - so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
By Oddity Software
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To wink.
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To wink; to blink.
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Half-shut; winking.
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To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
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To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
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A stab.
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A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
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Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
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Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
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A vessel with a very narrow stern; - called also pinky.
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A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; - so called from the common color of the flower.
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The European minnow; - so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
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To choose; to cull; to pick out.
By Noah Webster.
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A very light-red color; a garden flower with sharp-pointed leaves and a sweet, spicy fragrance: anything of supreme excellence; as, her manners are the pink of perfection.
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Of a very light-red color.
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Pierce with small round holes; work in eyelet holes; scallop the edge of, as cloth, by cutting with an iron tool called a pinking iron; prick, as with a sword.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To stab or pierce.
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A plant with beautiful flowers: a shade of light-red color like that of the flower: the minnow, from the color of its abdomen in summer: that which is supremely excellent.
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To work in eyelet holes: to cut in small scollops or angles.
By Daniel Lyons
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A flowering plant; pale red color.
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Pale red.
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To work in eyelet holes; cut in small serrated scallops.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Dutch, Welsh] An eye or a small eye; eyelet hole.
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n. [French] A native garden plant of the genus Dianthus and its flower;—a colour resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white—so called from the common colour of the flower;—that which is supremely excellent.
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n. [French] A ship with a very narrow stern;—a small fresh-water fish; minnow.
