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шарен — meaning in English

sharen

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English meaning

  • calico noun A plain, inexpensive cotton fabric, often printed with a simple pattern.
  • Gay adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  • motley adj Made up of a wildly varied, often mismatched, mix of elements or people.
  • piebald adj Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
  • pinto noun A horse with a patchy, two-colour coat, typically white mixed with another colour.
  • Roan adj Describing an animal's coat, especially a horse's, that has a solid base colour mixed with white hairs throughout.

Senses

шарен is used for these senses in English:

  • calico Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
  • gay (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
  • motley Having many colours; variegated.
  • piebald Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
  • pinto Pied, mottled.
  • roan (of an animal, especially of a horse) Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

calico — full definition

  1. noun A plain, inexpensive cotton fabric, often printed with a simple pattern.
  2. adj Having patches of different colors, especially describing a cat's coat.

Gay — full definition

  1. adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  2. adj Happy, carefree, and full of fun (an older, still-used sense, especially in older writing).
  3. noun A homosexual person, especially a man.

Related Bulgarian words