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color
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noun
(= colour, coloring, colouring)
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
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verb
(= colorize, colour)
add color to
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
colorize black and white film
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noun
(= colour, vividness)
interest and variety and intensity
the Puritan Period was lacking in color
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
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adjective
(= colour)
having or capable of producing colors
color film
he rented a color television
marvelous color illustrations
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noun
(= colour)
the timbre of a musical sound
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
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noun
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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verb
(= tinge, colour)
affect as in thought or feeling
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
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verb
(= colour)
modify or bias
His political ideas color his lectures
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noun
(= semblance, gloss, colour)
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
the situation soon took on a different color
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noun
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
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noun
(= colour)
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
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verb
(= colour)
decorate with colors
color the walls with paint in warm tones
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verb
(= colour)
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
color a lie
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noun
(= colour)
any material used for its color
she used a different color for the trim
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verb
(= discolor, discolour, colour)
change color, often in an undesired manner
The shirts discolored
cast
Verb
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If mathx/math casts light or shadow on mathy/math, mathx/math causes mathy/math to be lit or in shadow.
The street light outside my window cast shadows on the wall.
The campfire cast a warm light on her face.
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If you cast light on an idea or problem, you make it clearer by giving more information about it.
Our research casts new light on the connection between temperature and plant growth.
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If you cast doubt on something, you make make people less likely to believe it.
The video casts doubt on the story told by police.
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If you cast a look, glance, you look quickly.
She cast about for her pen.
He cast a quick look at the TV.
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If you cast a vote, you vote in an election.
I've decided to cast my vote for the Democratic Party.
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If you cast metal, plastic, etc., you make an object by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
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If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part.
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If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.
cast
Noun
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The cast of a play, movie, or show are all the people who act in it.
The director has brought back many of the cast and crew of the earlier movie.
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The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.
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A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken.
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A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
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A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.