mauve — meaning in English

English meaning

• gull noun A seabird, typically gray or white, common along coasts and often seen scavenging for food.
• mauve noun A pale purple colour.
• pansy noun A small cultivated garden flower with broad, often multicoloured petals.

Senses

mauve is used for these senses in English:

• gull A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
• mallow Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.
• mauve Having a pale purple colour.
• mauve A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded.
• pansy A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

gull — full definition

1. noun A seabird, typically gray or white, common along coasts and often seen scavenging for food.
2. noun A person who is easily deceived or tricked; a dupe.
3. verb To deceive or trick someone.

mauve — full definition

1. noun A pale purple colour.
2. adj Having a pale purple colour.

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