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kleuren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • color noun The visual quality of light that lets us tell red from blue, green from yellow, and so on.
  • darken verb To make or become darker in light or color.
  • dye noun A substance used to change the colour of something, especially fabric or hair.
  • pigment noun A substance that gives colour to something, such as paint, skin, or plant cells.
  • salt noun A white crystalline substance used to season and preserve food, made mainly of sodium chloride.

Senses

kleuren is used for these senses in English:

  • color (transitive) To give something color.
  • color (of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
  • darken (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
  • dye (ambitransitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
  • pigment (transitive) To add color or pigment to something.
  • salt (mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.

color — full definition

  1. noun The visual quality of light that lets us tell red from blue, green from yellow, and so on.
  2. noun A person's skin tone, especially as it relates to race or ethnicity.
  3. noun Interesting or lively detail that makes something more vivid or engaging.
  4. verb To add color to something, often with crayons, paint, or dye.

darken — full definition

  1. verb To make or become darker in light or color.
  2. verb To make a mood, tone, or situation gloomier or more troubling.

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