pink

Pink is a color, made of red mixed with white.

(noun)

An example of pink is the color of cherry blossoms.

Pink is a type of flower and family of plants.

(noun)

An example of pink is the carnation.

Pink is to the highest degree.

(noun)

An example of pink is a healthy newborn baby.

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See pink in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. any of a genus (Dianthus) of annual and perennial plants of the pink family with white, pink, or red flowers, often clove-scented
  2. the flower
  3. its pale-red color
  4. Origin: see flower,

    the highest or finest example, degree, etc.: the pink of perfection
  5. Origin: so named because of tendency toward red (see red, ) views

    Informal a person whose political or economic views are somewhat leftist: a derogatory term
  6. Brit.
    1. the scarlet worn by a fox hunter
    2. a fox hunter

Origin: < ?

adjective

  1. designating a family (Caryophyllaceae, order Caryophyllales) of widely distributed, dicotyledonous plants with bright-colored flowers, including the carnation and sweet william
  2. pale-red
  3. Informal somewhat leftist: a derogatory term

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transitive verb

  1. to ornament (cloth, paper, etc.) by making perforations in a pattern
  2. to cut a saw-toothed edge on (cloth, etc.) to prevent unraveling or for decoration
  3. to prick or stab
  4. to hurt, as by criticism
  5. to adorn; embellish

Origin: ME pynken < ? or akin to OE pyngan, to prick < L pungere: see point

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noun

a sailing vessel with a high, narrow stern

Origin: LME pynk < MDu pinke

See pink in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.
  2. a. Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus, such as the carnation and sweet William, often cultivated for their showy fragrant flowers.
    b. Any of various other plants, such as the wild pink and the moss pink.
    c. A flower of any of these plants.
  3. The highest or best degree: in the pink of health.
  4. pinks
    a. Light-colored trousers formerly worn as part of the winter semidress uniform by U.S. Army officers.
    b. The scarlet coat worn by fox hunters.
  5. Slang A pinko.
  6. A pink salmon
adjective pink·er, pink·est
  1. Of the color pink.
  2. Slang Having moderately leftist political opinions.

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

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  • pinkˈness noun

transitive verb pinked, pink·ing, pinks
  1. To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.
  2. To decorate with a perforated pattern.
  3. To cut with pinking shears.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pingen, pinken, to push, prick

Origin: , from Old English pyngan

Origin: , from Latin pungere; see peuk- in Indo-European roots

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noun pl. pinks also pink·ies
Nautical
A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Middle Dutch pinke

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