κοκκινίζω — meaning in English

English meaning

• blush verb To turn red in the face, usually from embarrassment, shame, or shyness.
• brown adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
• color noun The visual quality of light that lets us tell red from blue, green from yellow, and so on.

Senses

κοκκινίζω is used for these senses in English:

• blush (intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
• brown (cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
• color (of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.

blush — full definition

1. verb To turn red in the face, usually from embarrassment, shame, or shyness.
2. noun A reddening of the face caused by embarrassment or shyness.

brown — full definition

1. adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
2. noun The colour itself, a mix of red, yellow, and black.
3. verb To cook food, especially meat, until its surface turns brown.
4. verb To become tanned or darker in the sun.

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