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värjätä — 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.
  • dye noun A substance used to change the colour of something, especially fabric or hair.
  • ingrain verb To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
  • pigment noun A substance that gives colour to something, such as paint, skin, or plant cells.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • stain noun A discoloured mark left by a substance that soaks into a surface.
  • tincture noun A medicine made by dissolving a substance in alcohol.
  • tint noun A slight or pale shade of a color.
  • tone noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.

Senses

värjätä is used for these senses in English:

  • color (transitive) To give something color.
  • discolor (American spelling) To change or lose color.
  • dye (ambitransitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
  • ingrain (transitive) To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
  • pigment (transitive) To add color or pigment to something.
  • run (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
  • stain (transitive, cytology, histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
  • tincture (chiefly, in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.

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.

dye — full definition

  1. noun A substance used to change the colour of something, especially fabric or hair.
  2. verb To change the colour of something using dye.

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