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colour
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adjective
(= color)
having or capable of producing colors
color film
he rented a color television
marvelous color illustrations
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verb
(= color)
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
color a lie
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verb
(= color)
decorate with colors
color the walls with paint in warm tones
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verb
(= color)
modify or bias
His political ideas color his lectures
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noun
(= color)
(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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noun
(= color, 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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noun
(= color)
the timbre of a musical sound
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
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noun
(= color, vividness)
interest and variety and intensity
the Puritan Period was lacking in color
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
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noun
(= color)
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
(= color)
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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verb
(= discolor, discolour, color)
change color, often in an undesired manner
The shirts discolored
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verb
(= tinge, color)
affect as in thought or feeling
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
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noun
(= color)
any material used for its color
she used a different color for the trim
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noun
(= semblance, gloss, color)
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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verb
(= color, colorize)
add color to
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
colorize black and white film
infrared
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adjective
having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end
infrared radiation
infrared photography
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noun
the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range
they could sense radiation in the infrared
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noun
electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves
film
Noun
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A film is a recording of a moving picture that tells stories including actors, directors, and producers.
The studio has hired some actors to make a film about the making of Wiktionary.
Let's go to the theatre and watch a film.
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The art or business of making films.
I studied film at college and now I'm a writer.
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Film is a thin, clear material used for taking photographs or movies.
My new camera is digital and doesn't need film.
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A film is a flat, thin material or substance often covering something.
The soap left a sticky film on the glass.
We use a plastic film to protect the food.
film
Verb
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If you film something, you record it as a moving picture.
Somebody filmed the attack with their cell phone and showed it to police.