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Violet

Any of various low-growing herbs of the genus Viola, having short-spurred, irregular flowers that are characteristically purplish-blue but sometimes yellow or white.

Pink

Pink is a color that is a pale tint of red and is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century.

Violet

Any of several similar plants, such as an African violet.

Pink

Of a colour intermediate between red and white, as of coral or salmon
Her face was pink with embarrassment
Bright pink lipstick

Violet

The hue at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 380 to 420 nanometers; any of a group of colors, reddish-blue in hue, that may vary in lightness and saturation.
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Pink

Having or showing left-wing tendencies
Pink politicians

Violet

A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.

Pink

Of or associated with homosexuals
A boom in the pink economy
The pink pound

Violet

(figurative) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.

Pink

Pink colour, pigment, or material
Soft pastel shades of pink and blue
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Violet

A bluish-purple colour resembling that of most V. odorata.

Pink

The best condition or degree
The economy is not in the pink of health

Violet

Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.

Pink

A herbaceous Eurasian plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and slender, typically grey-green leaves.

Violet

(perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.

Pink

A small square-rigged sailing ship, typically with a narrow, overhanging stern.

Violet

Syn of onion.

Pink

A yellowish lake pigment made by combining vegetable colouring matter with a white base.

Violet

Having a bluish-purple colour.

Pink

Become pink
Cheryl's cheeks pinked with sudden excitement

Violet

Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).

Pink

Shear (a sheep) so closely that the colour of the skin is visible
McFowler pinked every sheep and never drew blood

Violet

The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.

Pink

Cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on
I pinked the edge of the fabric

Violet

In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.

Pink

Decorate
April pinked the earth with flowers

Violet

Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycæna, or Rusticus, and allied genera.

Pink

(of a vehicle engine) make a series of rattling sounds as a result of over-rapid combustion of the fuel–air mixture in the cylinders
The car was inclined to pink slightly in accelerating from a low engine speed

Violet

Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.

Pink

Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.

Violet

Any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas

Pink

Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus, such as sweet William, often cultivated for their showy, fragrant, usually pink, red, or white flowers. Also called dianthus.

Violet

A variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

Pink

Any of several other plants in the pink family, such as the wild pink.

Violet

Of a color midway between red and blue

Pink

A flower of any of these plants.

Pink

The highest or best degree
In the pink of health.

Pink

Light-colored trousers formerly worn as part of the winter semidress uniform by US Army officers.

Pink

The scarlet coat worn by fox hunters.

Pink

(Slang)A pinko.

Pink

A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.

Pink

Of the color pink.

Pink

(Slang)Having moderately leftist political opinions.

Pink

To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.

Pink

To decorate with a perforated pattern.

Pink

To cut with pinking shears.

Pink

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.

Pink

(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

Pink

A narrow boat.

Pink

(obsolete) A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.

Pink

(obsolete) A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab.

Pink

(obsolete) A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop.

Pink

Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

Pink

(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

Pink

(color) The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

Pink

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

Pink

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.

Pink

(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.

Pink

(slang) The vagina or vulva.

Pink

(historical) Any of various lake#Etymology 4 pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.

Pink

To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.

Pink

To prick with a sword.

Pink

To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

Pink

(intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.

Pink

(transitive) To turn (something) pink.

Pink

(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.

Pink

Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).

Pink

Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.

Pink

(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

Pink

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

Pink

Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.

Pink

Having conjunctivitis.

Pink

(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.

Pink

(informal) Relating to women or girls.
Pink job

Pink

(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
The pink economy
Pink pound
Pink dollar
Pink triangle

Pink

(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

Pink

A vessel with a very narrow stern; - called also pinky.

Pink

A stab.

Pink

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.

Pink

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.

Pink

Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.

Pink

The European minnow; - so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.

Pink

To wink; to blink.

Pink

To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.

Pink

To stab; to pierce as with a sword.

Pink

To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Pink

Half-shut; winking.

Pink

Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.

Pink

A light shade of red

Pink

Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

Pink

Make light, repeated taps on a surface;
He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently

Pink

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

Pink

Cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

Pink

Of a light shade of red

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